A cloisonné enamel jar and cover | Signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927) | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection
A cloisonné enamel jar and cover
Signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927)
Meiji period, late 19th century

the oviform vase with a rounded shoulder and domed cover, copper-gilt mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of gold and silver wire, with sparrows flying among wisteria and chrysanthemums on a deep blue ground, signed on a silver tablet signature Kyoto Namikawa
9.8 cm., 3¾ in. high

Condition Report:
There is a very slight bruise by the entwined wisteria, the cover with a slightly bent inner rim and replacement screw thread for the finial.

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