A FINE JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE ATTRIBUTED TO INABA NANAKO

A FINE JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE ATTRIBUTED TO INABA NANAKO
MEIJI ERA (1868-1912)

Of bulbous form, elegantly decorated with two large butterflies and a smaller one in flight, colourfully depicted in polychrome enamels and gold and silver wires on a striking teal ground; with formal borders above the foot and to the neck; the foot and rim mounted in silver and the inside of the rim and base gilded, 10.4cm; together with a Spink & Son Ltd box and a copy of the receipt. (3)

Provenance: purchased from Spink & Son Ltd, 9th November 1990.

Published: Japanese Art at Spink, Autumn 1990, p.33 no.56.