A cloisonné enamel vase

Meiji period, late 19th century

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the high shouldered oviform vase with everted neck and copper-gilt mounts, decorated on a deep blue enamel ground in translucent cloisonné enamels, depicting a three-clawed dragon among flames, its hammered silver foil body coiled around the shoulder of the vase, unidentified mark to the base

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