NAMIKAWA SOSUKE (1847-1910) OF TOKYO AFTER A DESIGN BY WATANABE...
NAMIKAWA SOSUKE (1847-1910) OF TOKYO
AFTER A DESIGN BY WATANABE SEITEI (1851-1918)
A Cloisonné-Enamel Plum-Blossom-Shaped Tray
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Finely worked predominantly in musen ('wireless') technique with details in gold and silver wire with a painterly design of a pair of yellow canaries perched on a flowering plum bough sheltered beneath bamboo leaves, on a ground of pale grey within a shakudo rim, signed on the right bottom corner Seitei and sealed, the reverse worked in gilt wire and enamels with numerous densely patterned cherry blossoms in contrasting pale brown on a dark plum-coloured ground; signed in silver wire with a single character Sakigake (the seal of Namikawa Sosuke); with a wooden display plate stand, carved in relief with plum blossoms. The tray: 27.2cm x 27.2cm (10¾in x 10¾in); the stand: 25cm x 15.2cm (9 7/8in x 6in). (2).
Published and Illustrated:
Gregory Irvine, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Seven Treasures, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006, p.100.
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NAMIKAWA SOSUKE (1847-1910) OF TOKYO
AFTER A DESIGN BY WATANABE SEITEI (1851-1918)
A Cloisonné-Enamel Plum-Blossom-Shaped Tray
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Finely worked predominantly in musen ('wireless') technique with details in gold and silver wire with a painterly design of a pair of yellow canaries perched on a flowering plum bough sheltered beneath bamboo leaves, on a ground of pale grey within a shakudo rim, signed on the right bottom corner Seitei and sealed, the reverse worked in gilt wire and enamels with numerous densely patterned cherry blossoms in contrasting pale brown on a dark plum-coloured ground; signed in silver wire with a single character Sakigake (the seal of Namikawa Sosuke); with a wooden display plate stand, carved in relief with plum blossoms. The tray: 27.2cm x 27.2cm (10¾in x 10¾in); the stand: 25cm x 15.2cm (9 7/8in x 6in). (2).
Published and Illustrated:
Gregory Irvine, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Seven Treasures, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006, p.100.
