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AN EARLY ENAMELLED VASE AND PROVENANCE
COVER Li Yagoro
EDO PERIOD, MID-17 TH CENTURY A slightly similar jar, decorated with a design of
flowering wisteria, is in the Museum für Kunst
色絵壺、江戸時代、17世紀中期 Gewerbe, Hamburg
the oviform vase and domed cover with
flattened knop finial decorated in iron-red, ‡ £ 30,000-50,000
€ 35,300-59,000 US$ 39,700-66,500
yellow, blue, green and purple and black
enamels with roundels interspersed on an
iron-red ground of patterns such as manji
based key fret and a shippo pattern, with
designs of hares, deer, cranes and ho-o birds,
the vase has an unusual and rare element of
being detailed in silver
(2)
27.3 cm. 10¾ in. high
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