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A PAIR OF JAPANESE
CLOISONNÉ VASES
WITH RED CROWNED
CRANES
Japan, Meiji period
(1868 - 1912)
Cloisonné with colored
enamels

Reserved on a dark grey
ground and executed in
various colored enamels
are two red-crowned
cranes tancho – a popular
symbol of longevity.

Shape: Slender vase with
long tapered neck and
circular rim
Dimensions: 18.5 cm
(height)
Condition: Mint condition
Provenance: Austrian
private collection

EstimateġEUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 400,-

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A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE WITH A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ VASE WITH IRIS A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ
KIKU AND FUYO BLOSSOMS BLOSSOMS IN THE STYLE OF NAMIKAWA SOSUKE VASE WITH BUTTERFLIES
Japan, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) Japan, Meiji period (1868 - 1912) Japan, Meiji period
Cloisonné with colored enamels Cloisonné with colored enamels (1868 - 1912)
Cloisonné with colored
Reserved on a deep blue ground are beautiful pink Depicting many blue and purple flowering iris blossoms enamels
fuyo (rose mallow) above a dense spray of variously worked in wireless musen-schippo against a dark
colored kiku blossoms (chrysanthemum) and blue celadon blue ground. Stylistically, this would be Reserved against a midnight
morning glories. The reverse with a minimalistic Namikawa Sosuke. blue ground are depictions
short growth of morning glories and a budding iris. of four beautifully executed
Shape: Slender body with a long-tapered neck butterflies in various colored
Shape: Ovoid shape with a long thin neck and Dimensions: 15.5 cm (height) enamels.
outward flaring circular rim Condition: Mint condition
Dimensions: 15.5 cm (height) Provenance: Austrian private collection Shape: Ovoid body with a
Condition: Excellent condition tapered mid-section and
Provenance: Austrian private collection Auction result comparison: For a similar cloisonné vase in short neck
the style of Namikawa Sosuke see Doyle’s, Asian Works Dimensions: 10.5 cm (height)
EstimateġEUR 400,- of Art, 19 March 2018, lot 2. Condition: Mint condition
Starting price EUR 200,- Provenance: German private
EstimateġEUR 400,- collection
Starting price EUR 200,-
EstimateġEUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 300,-

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