A cloisonné enamel vase with cover | Attributed to Honda | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection
A cloisonné enamel vase with cover
Attributed to Honda
Meiji period, late 19th century

of rectangular form with rounded corners on four feet, with two applied silver handles in the form of karashishi masks, and the domed cover with a silver finial with a karashishi and brocade ball, copper-gilt rims, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of gold and silver wire, with two panels depicting a further karashishi among scrolling foliage and a ho-o bird among flowers, all bordered by scattered flowerheads and scrolling foliage, the domed cover similarly decorated
18 cm., 7⅛ in. high

Condition Report:
Slight wear to copper-gilt mounts.

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