A cloisonné enamel vase

Attributed to the Kyoto Namikawa workshop | Meiji period, late 19th century

Medium

the oviform vase with short neck and silvered mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of gold and silver wire, with two panels depicting a ho-o bird with trailing tail feathers and a three-clawed dragon emitting flames, the body with geometric patterns containing chrysanthemums and paulownia, the neck and foot with lappets of stylised butterflies on a yellow ground

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