A cloisonné enamel scent bottle | Signed Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927) | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection
A cloisonné enamel scent bottle
Signed Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927)
Meiji period, late 19th century

the round scent bottle with flat copper-gilt base and chrysanthemum-shaped screw-top, decorated in various coloured cloisonné enamels and thicknesses of gold and silver wire, with roundels each depicting a butterfly among chrysanthemum and wild pinks, one on a blue ground, the other on a mottled green ground, signed Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927)
6 cm., 2⅜ in. high

Condition Report:
There is some very slight wear to the gilt on the screw-top, consistent with the age and use of the object.

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