A FINE CLOISONNE JAR AND COVER BY HAYASHI KODENJI (1831–1915)

A FINE CLOISONNE JAR AND COVER BY HAYASHI KODENJI (1831–1915)
MEIJI ERA, C.1905

The squat ovoid body with a short flared foot, elegantly decorated with small birds in flight and amongst flowering prunus trees, in between borders of stylised flowers and other formal designs; the cover with many chrysanthemum flowerheads amongst scrolling tendrils, with a rounded knop; all rendered in silver and gold wires and polychrome enamels on the dark navy-blue ground; the base inscribed Nagoya Hayashi zo and with the trademark Hayashi lozenge, 10cm. (2)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, had a similar jar and cover on display from the collection of Fredric T. Schneider, author of The Art of Japanese Cloisonné Enamel: History, Techniques and Artists, 1600 to the Present.