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SIGNED ON A SILVER TABLET KYOTO NAMIKAWA (NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)), MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Cloisonné Vase and Cover
Signed on a Silver Tablet Kyoto Namikawa (Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)), Meiji period (late 19th century)
Worked in silver wire and various coloured cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground with two dragons, the shoulder and base with floral lappets, the cover with stylised flowers within geometric panels and with a gilt chrysanthemum finial, the foot with geometric patterns, signature on a silver plaque mounted to base
10cm. high
Signed on a Silver Tablet Kyoto Namikawa (Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)), Meiji period (late 19th century)
Worked in silver wire and various coloured cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground with two dragons, the shoulder and base with floral lappets, the cover with stylised flowers within geometric panels and with a gilt chrysanthemum finial, the foot with geometric patterns, signature on a silver plaque mounted to base
10cm. high
Literature
For another very similar example in the Khalili collection, see Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, eds., The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Enamels, vol. III, (London, 1994), cat. no. 7
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