A cloisonné enamel vase and cover
Attributed to the Kyoto Namikawa workshop | Meiji period, late 19th century
A cloisonné enamel vase and cover attributed to the Kyoto Namikawa workshop, featuring a rounded oval form with domed cover and chrysanthemum finial. The decoration includes tea dust and mottled green panels with butterflies among chrysanthemums, bordered by flower heads and foliage in colored enamels and silver wire.
- Medium
- the rounded oval vase and domed cover with gilt copper mounts including a chrysanthemum (kiku) finial, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of silver wire with tea dust (chakinseki) and mottled green panels depicting butterflies among chrysanthemums, bordered by flower heads and foliage
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912
October 22, 2021
Estimate: $15,000 – $20,000
Lot 21
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