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CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL WORKS OF ART
Various Properties
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A PAIR OF CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR LOBED A FINE AND RARE
BALUSTER VASES CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASES CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL VASE
By Ando Jubei, Meiji era (1868-1912), Meiji era (1868-1912), By Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century
Each vase intricately worked in the Each vase worked in silver and gilt wire with The Chinese meiping body intricately
musen (wireless) technique and forming a complementary mirror-image designs of (1) A worked in silver wire of varying gauge with a
complementary design with either one or goose about to feed its nest of young resting continuous design of a swarm of dragonflies
a pair of egrets wading besides flowering beside a rose bush on a light blue ground (2) depicted from various angles covering
omodaka (three-leaf arrowheads) in a stream An eagle swooping in towards its prey flying the neck and shoulder hovering above tall
reserved on a a pale grey ground; each vase among flowering shrubs on a peach ground flowering omodaka (arrowheads) encircling
applied with silvered metal rims; signed on the (3) A pair of doves standing beneath shidare the body, the insects’ wings overlapping and
base in silver wire with the mark of sakura (weeping cherry-blossom) branches on their bodies worked in graduated tones of
Ando Jubei. a light blue ground and (4) A long-tailed parrot green, red, brown and purple, all reserved
Each vase 24.2cm (9½in) high. (2). perched on flowering branches trailing from on a celadon-green ground, applied with a
a suspended basket of ikebana, the waisted silver rim and foot; signed on the base Aichi
£3,000 - 5,000 neck decorated with a dragon fish and the Hayashi saku with the stamped lozenge-seal
JPY440,000 - 730,000 foot with stylised foliate motifs and crest; of Hayashi Kodenji; with a wood storage box.
US$3,900 - 6,500 each vase unsigned. 23.2cm (9 1/16in) high. (2).
Each vase 32.5cm (12¾in) high. (2).
£35,000 - 45,000
£3,000 - 5,000 JPY5,100,000 - 6,500,000
JPY440,000 - 730,000 US$46,000 - 59,000
US$3,900 - 6,500

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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