A fine cloisonné enamel vase | Signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927), but attributed to Shibata | Meiji period, late 19th century

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

the oviform vase with short tapered foot and everted neck, silvered mounts, finely decorated in various coloured enamels and thicknesses of silver wire, with sparrows, finches and butterflies among a profusion of flowers and trees in bloom, including cherry, magnolia, hydrangea, chrysanthemum, irises and wild pinks, the shoulder with archaic dragons and birds on an ochre ground, and bands of ivy and karakusa, hanabishi on a yellow ground, the foot with flowerheads and further karakusa, the lip and rim similarly decorated, signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927)
19.5 cm., 7¾ in. high

Condition Report:
The vase is in fine condition.

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