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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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