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THREE CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES for the Shippo Gaisha Company, Great FINE JAPANESE ART | 129
One by Ota Kichisaburo, Meiji era Japan), 28cm x 24cm (11in x 9 3/8in). (10).
(1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising two of octagonal form, each £1,500 - 2,000
worked in silver wire and decorated with a JPY220,000 - 300,000
complementary design, one with a pair of
exotic long-tailed birds perched on flowering US$2,000 - 2,600
branches beneath trailing branches of
weeping cherry, the other with with a wisteria 223
tree, all reserved on a midnight-blue ground, A TALL CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
each unsigned, 19.1cm (7¼in) high; the third AND PORCELAIN OVOID VASE
rectangular vase decorated with a strutting The cloisonné by Takeuchi Chubei of Nagoya
peacock eyeing its mate on a midnight-blue for the Shippo Gaisha Company, Meiji era
ground, stamped on the base O Kichi, (mark (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
of Ota Kichisaburo), 25.5cm (10in) high. (3). Decorated with an overall design of assorted
fish including koi (carp), kingyo (gold fish),
£1,500 - 1,800 dojo (oriental weather loach) and namazu
JPY220,000 - 270,000 (catfish) swimming amidst stems of aquatic
US$2,000 - 2,400 plants worked in gilt wire on a blue ground,
the trumpet-shaped porcelain neck painted
222 in underglaze blue and gilt with shippo-zunagi
A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND (linked-jewels) descending from the rim, the
PORCELAIN PART TEA-SERVICE AND AN sides of the neck applied with two handles in
UNASSOCIATED KIDNEY SHAPED DISH the form of two chrysanthemum heads, the
The dish by Takeuchi Chubei for the Shippo inside of the rim painted in underglaze blue
Gaisha Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), with a band of repeated designs of stylised
late 19th/early 20th century semi-circular flower heads, the foot painted in
The part-service comprising a coffee jug and underglaze blue with two bands respectively
cover, 14.5cm (5¾in) high; a sugar bowl of repeated stylised floral heads interwoven
and cover, 11.5cm (4½in) high; a milk jug, among karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’) and
10cm (4in) high; two cups, each 7cm (2¾in) repeated stylized clouds; signed on the base
diam.; two saucers, each 12.8cm (5 1/8in) in underglaze blue and iron red Dai Nihon
diam.; all similarly worked in gilt wire with an seizo Shippo Gaisha, kojin Takeuchi Chubei
overall design of assorted insects including (made by Takeuchi Chubei for the Shippo
dragonflies, bees, locusts and butterflies Gaisha Company, Great Japan).
over trailing flower heads on a blue ground, 38.5cm (15 1/8in) high.
unsigned; together with a kidney-shaped
dish worked with butterflies hovering among £1,500 - 2,000
autumnal plants and foliage including JPY220,000 - 300,000
ominaeshi (valerian), kikyo (Chinese bellflower) US$2,000 - 2,600
and chrysanthemums, signed on the base in
iron red Dai Nihon seizo Shippo Gaisha kojin
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.
