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A TALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE                     A TOMEI JIPPO AND MORIAGE                             A TALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
Meiji era (1868-1912),                           CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE                                 OVOID VASE
late 19th/early 20th century                     By Kumeno Teitaro (1861-1939),                        By Hayashi Kodenji of Nagoya,
Worked in silver with five tanchozuru (red-      Meiji era (1868-1912),                                Meiji era (1868-1912),
crested cranes) in flight on the neck and about  late 19th/early 20th century                          late 19th/early 20th century
to descend on flowering kohone (nuphar or        The elongated ovoid vase decorated with a pair        Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge with
spatterdock), a snail crawling on one of the     of tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) standing on        five tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) huddled
leaves and insects hovering around, all on a     a waved-lashed rock at sunrise, all worked in         together on the front, a solitary crane standing
grey ground; unsigned.                           polychrome enamels and silver wire and in the         on the reverse, all on a midnight-blue ground,
44.7cm (17½in) high.                             musen (wireless) technique, the surrounding           applied with silver mounts; signed on the base
                                                 areas designed in transparent enamels of robin’s-     Dai Nihon Aichi Hayashi. 46cm (18in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500                                   egg blue and yellow over a silver substrate
JPY150,000 - 220,000                             carved with waves, the cranes, rocks and large        £3,500 - 4,500
US$1,300 - 2,000                                 crashing waters in uchidashi (hammered-up)            JPY520,000 - 670,000
                                                 relief, the silver rim in the form of a six-petalled  US$4,600 - 5,900
                                                 flower; signed in the silver substrate on the body
                                                 Kumeno tsukuru within a rectangular reserve
                                                 and stamped on the base with the mark of the
                                                 Kumeno workshop. 23.5cm (9¼in) high.

118 | BONHAMS                                    £2,500 - 3,500
                                                 JPY370,000 - 520,000
                                                 US$3,300 - 4,600

                                                               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.
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