A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE IN THE STYLE OF HAYASHI KODENJI (1831-1915)

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE IN THE STYLE OF HAYASHI KODENJI (1831-1915)

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous body decorated in silver and gold wire with sparrows flying over a flowering prunus tree, one bird perched amongst the blossoms and with colourful daisies underneath, on a dark navy-blue ground, the foot and shoulder with stylised flowers, palmettes and scrolling tendrils, the rim with flowerheads amongst whorls, 13cm.

Provenance: from a deceased estate, Hampshire.

See Bonhams New York, 21st March 2018, lot 2231 for a comparable cloisonné vase with birds and flowers also attributed to Hayashi Kodenji.