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           A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL                A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL                A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL
           BALUSTER VASE                     RECTANGULAR SHALLOW TRAY          MORIAGE BALUSTER VASES
           School of Hayashi Kodenji, Nagoya,   Meiji era (1868-1912),         MOUNTED AS LAMPS
           Meiji era (1868-1912),            late 19th/early 20th century      By Kawade Shibataro, Meiji era (1868-1912),
           late 19th/early 20th century      Worked in bokashi musen with an intended   late 19th/early 20th century
           The midnight-blue ground worked in silver   merged design emulating thunder clouds   Each worked in silver wire and coloured
           wire of varying gauges with a continuous   on the surface, the underside signed with   enamels with leafy entwined trailing branches
           scene depicting a large flock of doves,   a round seal Karin in silver wire; with a   of blooming wisteria with a single branch
           four foraging for food on the ground, the   tomobako box inscribed Shippo hirabon,   curling around the body on a graduated pale
           majority flying overhead, the shoulder with a   [...]do Karin tsukuru (Cloisonné shallow tray,   grey to green ground, the neck and foot with
           wide band of stylized chrysanthemums and   made by [...]do Karin), with two seals.    a narrow band of geometric motifs, applied
           scrolls on a brown ground, the neck and foot   3cm x 35.1cm x 20.2cm    with silver rims and foot rims, each signed on
           with repeated foliate and geometric motifs;   (1 1/8in x 13¾in x 8in). (2).  the base in silver wire Kawade within a gourd
           unsigned. 27cm (10 5/8in) high.                                     seal; each vase on a separate pierced wood
                                             £1,500 - 2,000                    stand. Each vase: 47cm (18½in) high; each
           £4,000 - 6,000                    JPY200,000 - 260,000              stand: 7.6cm x 18cm (3in x 7 1/16in). (4).
           JPY530,000 - 790,000              US$1,900 - 2,500
           US$4,900 - 7,400                                                    £8,000 - 12,000
                                                                               JPY1,100,000 - 1,600,000
                                                                               US$9,900 - 15,000

           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.  FINE JAPANESE ART  |  135
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