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TWO PAIRS OF YELLOW-GROUND
192 CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
193 late 19th/early 20th century
112 | BONHAMS Each worked in silver wire, the first pair of
slender ovoid form with short everted necks,
each decorated with a flying ho-o (phoenix)
caught in a climbing kuzu (kudzu), unsigned,
25.4cm (10in) high; the second pair each
decorated with a small bird perched among
chrysanthemums on a rock, overlooking a
fast-flowing stream, applied with silvered metal
mounts, unsigned, 15.2cm (6in) high. (4).

£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

192
FIVE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each a different shape and size, worked in
silver wire, the largest vase decorated with
different autumnal wild flowers, including
shukaido (hardy begonia) and kikyo (Chinese
bellflower) on a pale-blue ground, unsigned,
12.7cm (5in) high; the second globular
vase decorated with clumps of different
chrysanthemums around the body on a
benifuji ground (pale lilac ground), unsigned,
8.2cm (3¼in) high; the third a slender vase
depicting a pair of exotic green birds amidst
a flowering cherry tree on a moss-green
ground, unsigned, 15.7cm (6 1/8in) high;
the fourth a small ovoid vase with white and
purple wisteria flowers trailing from the neck
on a sky-blue ground, unsigned, 10.7cm
(4¼in) high; the fifth a miniature ovoid vase
decorated with flowering fuyo (rose mallow)
and morning glory on a light blue ground,
unsigned, 9.5cm (3¾in) high. (5).

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

193
THREE SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver wire, the first decorated
with three standing tanchozuru (red-crested
cranes) on a midnight-blue ground, 10.1cm
(4in) high; the second decorated with six
doves in flight over a midnight-blue ground,
16cm (6¼in) high; the third depicting three
doves perched on flowering maple branches
against an indigo-blue ground, 12.7cm (5in)
high; each vase unsigned. (3).

£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,400

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.