ATTRIBUTED TO THE HAYASHI KODENJI OR HAYASHI KIHYOE WORKSHOP OF...
ATTRIBUTED TO THE HAYASHI KODENJI OR HAYASHI KIHYOE WORKSHOP OF NAGOYA
A Pair of Cloisonné-Enamel Tall Slender Baluster Vases
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver wire of varying gauge with a matching design depicting on the front two butterflies hovering among stalks of flowering wild chrysanthemums and two stalks of chrysanthemums on the reverse, all reserved on a midnight blue ground, the neck and foot with a band of repeated stylised foliate motifs within shield-shaped cartouches, each applied with a silver neck and foot rim; unsigned. Each vase: 47cm (18½in) high. (2).
Published and Illustrated:
Gregory Irvine, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Seven Treasures, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006, p.42.
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ATTRIBUTED TO THE HAYASHI KODENJI OR HAYASHI KIHYOE WORKSHOP OF NAGOYA
A Pair of Cloisonné-Enamel Tall Slender Baluster Vases
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver wire of varying gauge with a matching design depicting on the front two butterflies hovering among stalks of flowering wild chrysanthemums and two stalks of chrysanthemums on the reverse, all reserved on a midnight blue ground, the neck and foot with a band of repeated stylised foliate motifs within shield-shaped cartouches, each applied with a silver neck and foot rim; unsigned. Each vase: 47cm (18½in) high. (2).
Published and Illustrated:
Gregory Irvine, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Seven Treasures, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006, p.42.
