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SIX LARGE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL OVOID VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase with a midnight-blue ground and worked in silver wire, the Each vase worked in silver wire with a complementary design
largest vase decorated with tall stalks of bearded white and purple depicting three shijukara (Japanese tits) in flight towards a profusion
irises and nogiku (wild chrysanthemum), unsigned, 31.1cm (12 1/8in) of chrysanthemums and Chinese bellflowers growing from behind a
high; the second vase with two butterflies hovering over a profusion bamboo-latticed fence and irises issuing from rocks in a stream on
of seasonal flowers including chrysanthemums, lilies and daffodils, the reverse, all on a blue ground; unsigned.
unsigned, 18.6cm (7¼in) high; the third a pair of slender octagonal form Each vase 13.3cm (5¼in) high. (2).
vases, each with an identical design of a pigeon perched on branches
of trailing white and purple wisteria, unsigned, 24.6cm £1,000 - 1,500
(9 5/8in) high; the fourth, a pair of slender vases decorated with tall leafy JPY150,000 - 220,000
stems of purple and white irises, unsigned; 24.8cm (9¾in) high. (6). US$1,300 - 2,000

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

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please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.