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NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)
A small cloisonné-enamel vase with en-suite cover A cloisonné-enamel vase
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Meiji era (1868-1912) late 19th/early 20th century
Finely worked in silver and gold wire with a continuous design of The elongated ovoid vase worked in silver wires and colored enamels
overlapping stylized floral roundels and scrolling vines scattered on a black ground with the Bodhisattva Kannon and an attendant
over four differently colored alternating vertical panels, the neck and descending on clouds, the shoulder decorated with a collar
foot with matching bands of arabesque motifs, the shoulder with containing chrysanthemum blossoms and phoenixes below multi-
formalized buds, the domed cover decorated with repeating stylized registered geometric bands, the mouth with floral reserves, the foot
floral motifs and surmounted by a finial in the form of a gilt-metal banded with floral garlands and reserves, signed on a silver tablet
chrysanthemum bud, gold hardware, signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Kyoto Namikawa
Namikawa 9 5/8in (24.3cm) high
4 1/2in (11.5cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance
Previously sold, Bonhams, London, November 10, 2016, lot 476
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