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43 A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL INLAID SILVER AND 44 A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE AND COVER

SHIBUICHI BOX AND COVER MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA (WORKSHOP

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KATSUHIDE KOKU (ITO KATSUHIDE) OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI; 1845-1927)

The rectangular box set on a bracket feet, the Ito Katsuhide was a metalworker active in Tokyo from The tapering ovoid jar decorated in
silver top of the lid finely chiseled and inlaid Meiji to Showa period, apprenticed to the great metal polychrome enamels and gold and silver wires
in cloisonné enamel with a pair of swimming artist, Unno Shomin (1844-1915) for 5 years from 1890. with wisteria branches on a black ground, the
ducks in a pond, the underside of the lid finely lid, shoulder and area around foot designed
chiseled with reeds, jakago(basketwork cages He participated in many exhibitions, including the 1900 with flowers on a speckled green ground,
to prevent erosion) and channel markers, International Exposition held in Paris and the 1910 signature on a silver tablet mounted on base;
signed on the underside of lid Japan-British Exhibition held in London. gilt rims
4æ x 3º in. (12 x 8.3 cm.) 4¿ in. (10.5 cm.) high

$4,000-5,000 $6,000-8,000