A large cloisonné enamel vase and a cover Meiji Period image 1

Lot 254

A large cloisonné enamel vase and a cover
Meiji Period

Fine Japanese Art

5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

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A large cloisonné enamel vase and a cover

Meiji Period
Intricately worked in silver wire and elaborately in opaque and translucent enamels with details flecked with aventurine, the body with shaped panels of confronting dragons, ho-o and leaping shishi, all on a ground of tightly-scrolled floral-head and other geometric motifs, the cover similarly decorated; unsigned. 42½cm (16¾in) high. (2).

Footnotes

龍鳳凰図七宝壺　無銘　明治時代

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