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THREE SMALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
214 One by Ota Toshiro, Meiji era (1868-1912),
215 late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase worked in silver wire, comprising
126 | BONHAMS a pair decorated with a matching design
of a sparrow in flight among tall stalks of
roses on a midnight-blue ground, each vase
unsigned, each 16cm (6¼in) high; the third
vase decorated with a pigeon perched among
flowering shrubs of chrysanthemums and
camellia on a midnight-blue ground, signed on
the base with the mark of Ota Toshiro;
13cm (5 1/8in) high. (3).

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

214
FIVE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase worked in silver wire of varying
gauge, comprising two forming a pair
decorated with a matching design of tall
stalks of windswept keshi (opium poppy) on
one vase and tall stalks of lilies on the other,
both reserved on a sea-green ground, one
vase stamped with the mark of Adachi Kinjiro,
each vase 18.5cm (7¼in) high; the third vase
decorated with a large predatory bird diving
towards two sparrows, other sparrows in flight
among trailing morning glory, all on a white
ground unsigned, 16.6cm (6½in) high; the
fourth decorated with three carp swimming
among lotus on a pale grey ground, unsigned,
12.8cm (5in) high; the fifth with a cockerel
and hen foraging for food beside shrubs of
chrysanthemums, the neck and foot with bands
of shippo-zunagi (linked-jewels), on a sky-blue
ground, unsigned; 20.3cm (8in) high. (5).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 300,000
US$2,000 - 2,600

215
TWO CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VESSELS
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The first a charger supported on a circular
foot, typically worked in gilt wire with a central
roundel enclosing various species of insects
crawling over stems of bamboo and stylised
plants and flowers surrounded by a band of
dense seasonal flowers, unsigned, 30.5cm
(12in) diam.; the second a rectangular box,
worked in gilt wire with an overall design of
hydrangea and foliage on a sea-green ground,
the inside of the box engraved with two
thatched huts and the hinged cover engraved
with Mount Fuji, unsigned; 4.7cm x 9.1cm x
7.6cm (1 7/8in x 3½in x 3in). (2).

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

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.