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CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL WORKS OF ART
Property from a German Private Collection
(Lots 178-203)

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FIVE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES SIX SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL OVOID VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century One pair of vases by Gonda Hirosuke, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Each vase worked in silver wire with tall stems of bearded white and late 19th/early 20th century
purple irises, two pairs of vases with the design reserved on a renga Comprising one pair decorated entirely in musen enamel with flowering
(brick-red) ground, the taller rectangular pair 18.5cm (7¼in) high, the stalks of purple and pink irises on a white ground, each vase stamped
smaller baluster pair 9.5cm (3¾in) high; the fifth a miniature globular on the base with the mark of Gonda Hirosuke, each vase 16cm (6¼in)
vase on a midnight-blue ground, 6.5cm (2½in) high, each vase high; the third and fourth vases each worked in silver wire with a similar
unsigned. (5). group of leafy stems of irises on a pale-celadon and midnight-blue
ground respectively, each unsigned, each vase 12.7cm (5in) high;
£1,500 - 1,800 the last two forming a pair and worked in silver wire with an identical
JPY220,000 - 270,000 design of bamboo on a turquoise-green ground, each unsigned, each
US$2,000 - 2,400 vase 12.1cm (4¾in) high. (6).

106 | BONHAMS £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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