A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1854-1927)

A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE BY NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1854-1927)
MEIJI ERA, c.1905-10

The tall and slender body elegantly decorated with a small bird, possibly a Java sparrow, perched on a flowering branch of prunus, the design rendered in polychrome enamels and gold wires on the deep aubergine ground, the rims with shakudo rings and the base with a square silver tablet inscribed Kyoto Namikawa, 14.2cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

Cf. The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art: Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, vol.III Enamel, fig.28, and O Impey and M Fairley, The Dragon King of the Sea, no.19 for other miniature vases by Yasuyuki with related cherry blossom decoration. Also, see the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, access. no.FE.79-2011, for another example.