A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE MEIJI 1868-1912 The baluster body decorated with a continuous...

A JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE

MEIJI 1868-1912

The baluster body decorated with a continuous scene depicting four rats on a bright blue ground, two of them carrying large daikon radishes, the other two discussing a book open between them, the shoulder with a band of stylised cash and flowerheads, the neck and foot with further flowerheads on a ground of scrolling tendrils, 18.2cm.

Provenance: a private English collection, Brighton.

Cf. Victoria Museums, Australia, acc. no. HT 22554, for a blue-ground cloisonné enamel vase of similar style and described as produced in Nagoya (Aichi Prefecture) between 1868-1880.