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FIVe clOISONNé eNAMel VASeS
Meiji era
Each vase worked in silver wire of varying gauge, comprising: a pair
decorated tall stalks of windswept poppy on one vase and tall stalks
of lilies on the other, both reserved on a sea-green ground, one vase
stamped with the mark of Adachi Kinjiro, each vase 18.5cm high;
the third vase decorated with a large predatory bird diving towards
sparrows in flight among trailing morning glory, all on a white ground,
16.6cm high; the fourth decorated with three carp swimming among
lotus on a pale grey ground, 12.8cm high; the fifth with a cockerel and
hen foraging for food beside shrubs of chrysanthemum.
20.3cm high (5).
£700 - 900

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THRee clOISONNé eNAMel glOBulAR VeSSelS ANd eN-
SuITe cOVeRS
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Each worked in silver wire, the first with the upper section decorated
with a band of stylised chrysanthemum heads, the lower section with
linked seashells on a two-tone blue ground, the soft-green cover
surmounted with a chrysanthemum-form knop, 7cm high; the second
decorated with two large butterflies among stylised chrysanthemum
blossoms and other formal floral motifs on a whorl ground, 9cm high;
the third with a lobed body applied with two straight upright handles
on either side, decorated with a ho-o on one side and butterflies
on the other on a speckled aventurine ground, the domed cover
surmounted by a bud finial. 11.5cm high.
(6).

£700 - 900
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FIVe clOISONNé eNAMel VeSSelS
Meiji era
Each worked in gilt wire, comprising: two teapots; one decorated with
stylised butterflies flitting over sprigs of camellia on a white enamel
ground, 7cm high; the second teapot decorated with a phoenix
among sprays of formal floral motifs on one side and butterflies on
53 the other on a green ground speckled with aventurine, the cover
similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud finial, 14.5cm high; a
globular koro decorated with butterflies hovering over large peonies
on a transparent red ground, 11cm high; and a pair of decagonal
lobed form, each decorated with an identical overall design of stylised
chrysanthemums on a reddish-brown ground.
12.2cm high (10).
£600 - 800

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TwO clOISONNé eNAMel VeSSelS
Meiji era
The first a charger on a circular foot, worked in gilt wire with a central
roundel of insects on bamboo and flowers surrounded by a band of
seasonal flowers, 30.5cm diameter; the second a rectangular box,
worked in gilt wire with an overall design of hydrangea and foliage on
a sea-green ground, the inside of the box engraved with two thatched
huts and the hinged cover engraved with Mount Fuji.
4.7cm x 9.1cm x 7.6cm (2).
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£600 - 800

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
14 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.