


Lot 218
A fine and rare cloisonné-enamel vase By Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £43,812.50 inc. premium
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By Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The Chinese meiping body intricately worked in silver wire of varying gauge with a continuous design of a swarm of dragonflies depicted from various angles covering the neck and shoulder hovering above tall flowering omodaka (arrowheads) encircling the body, the insects' wings overlapping and their bodies worked in graduated tones of green, red, brown and purple, all reserved on a celadon-green ground, applied with a silver rim and foot; signed on the base Aichi Hayashi saku with the stamped lozenge-seal of Hayashi Kodenji; with a wood storage box. 23.2cm (9 1/16in) high. (2).
The Chinese meiping body intricately worked in silver wire of varying gauge with a continuous design of a swarm of dragonflies depicted from various angles covering the neck and shoulder hovering above tall flowering omodaka (arrowheads) encircling the body, the insects' wings overlapping and their bodies worked in graduated tones of green, red, brown and purple, all reserved on a celadon-green ground, applied with a silver rim and foot; signed on the base Aichi Hayashi saku with the stamped lozenge-seal of Hayashi Kodenji; with a wood storage box. 23.2cm (9 1/16in) high. (2).