A cloisonné enamel vase | Mark of Ota (Ota Tameshiro) inside an incense burner | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection
A cloisonné enamel vase
Mark of Ota (Ota Tameshiro) inside an incense burner
Meiji period, late 19th century

the rounded rectangular tapering vase with everted neck, shakudo, oxidised silver and gilt-copper mounts, with four alternating panels all decorated in coloured enamels and worked in silver wire, depicting a hawk in a maple tree, sparrows hovering beneath cherry blossom, doves by wisteria and sparrows among plum blossom, the shoulder with lappets containing stylised butterflies, sealed Ota inside an incense burner mark
24 cm., 9½ in. high

Condition Report:
The vase is in good condition, the base with slight easily removable residue from previous labels.

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