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TWO CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES 195
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase worked in gold and silver wire, the
straight-sided baluster vase decorated with
a solitary butterfly hovering over flowering
hydrangeas on a dark blue ground, unsigned,
15.2cm (6in) high; the second vase decorated
with a pair of exotic long-tailed birds perched
on a trailing flowering plum branches against
a dark-sapphire-blue ground beneath a
swirling brocade decorated with stylised
chrysanthemum heads among karakusa
(‘Chinese grasses’) encircling the neck,
unsigned, 13.4cm (5¼in) high. (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,600
195
A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
BALUSTER VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase intricately worked in gold and silver
wire and decorated with a complementary
design depicting a pair of sparrows in flight or
perched on flowering branches of plum on a
midnight-blue ground, unsigned.
Each vase approx. 19.1cm (7¼in) high. (2).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,600
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot FINE JAPANESE ART | 113
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
