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211 For Namikawa Sosuke, please refer to the footnote to lot 209.
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL ROUNDED-RECTANGULAR TRAY
Attributed to Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910) after a design by For a similar tray depicting doves, also inscribed Seitei and with a
Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918), Meiji era (1868–1912), late 1880s similarly decorated reverse, see Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, The
Worked in musen (wireless) and shosen (partially wireless) enamels Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art: Meiji no Takara, Treasures of
depicting a child turtle piggy-backing its mother crawling up a slope, Imperial Japan, vol.III, Enamel, London, Kibo Foundation, 1996, no.86.
past a stalk of kohone (nuphar or spatterdock) and foliage, inscribed
at lower left Seitei with a red seal, within a narrow border of repeat
geometric patterns, the reverse scattered with stylised flowers among
scrolled gilt-metal wires on a dark aubergine ground; unsigned.
2cm x 27.6cm x 24.6cm (¾in x 10 7/8in x 9 5/8in).

£15,000 - 20,000
JPY2,200,000 - 3,000,000
US$20,000 - 26,000

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