Lot 219
A pair of cloisonné-enamel broad pear-shaped vases By Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £3,000
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By Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver wire with opaque and transluscent enamels with details flecked with aventurine, the neck with stylised repeat foliate motifs within three-stepped cruciform cartouches and butterflies on a ground of karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the shoulder with shishi and ho-o (phoenixes) enclosed within lobed rectangular cartouches above shield-shaped panels of mythological dragons alternating with phoenixes, the rim and foot of silver; each stamped on the base with the mark of Hayashi Kodenji. Each vase 18cm (7 1/16in) high. (2).
Each worked in silver wire with opaque and transluscent enamels with details flecked with aventurine, the neck with stylised repeat foliate motifs within three-stepped cruciform cartouches and butterflies on a ground of karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the shoulder with shishi and ho-o (phoenixes) enclosed within lobed rectangular cartouches above shield-shaped panels of mythological dragons alternating with phoenixes, the rim and foot of silver; each stamped on the base with the mark of Hayashi Kodenji. Each vase 18cm (7 1/16in) high. (2).