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FOUR SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising two pairs of lime-green ground
vases, each worked in silver gilt wire, the first
two rounded rectangular vases depicting
autumnal flowers and foliage including
chrysanthemums and bush clover, the foot
and mouth encircled by a band of geometric
motifs, each unsigned, 15.2cm (6in) high; the
second a slender ovoid pair, one depicting a
hawk perched on a maple tree and the other
a hawk on a rock, each unsigned; each vase
15.2cm (6in) high. (4).

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

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TWO LARGE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The first a baluster vase worked in silver and
gold wire with four shijukara (Japanese tit),
three perched on the branches of a flowering
cherry tree and one in flight above stalks of
peonies on the ground, stalks of irises on the
reverse, reserved on a midnight-blue ground,
unsigned, 31.2cm (12 1/8in) high; the second
vase worked in mainly silver wire with a large
solitary uguisu (bush warbler) perched on a
flowering cherry branch, a clump of sumire
(violet) growing at the foot of the tree, on a
midnight-blue ground, unsigned;
31.2cm (12 1/8in) high. (2).

£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.