Japanese Works of Art - 21st May 2019

Lot 202

A GOOD AND LARGE JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRAY IN THE STYLE OF NAMIKAWA SOSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912...

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A GOOD AND LARGE JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL TRAY IN THE STYLE OF NAMIKAWA SOSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

The square body decorated with a central scene of an egret in flight above crashing waves, the sky and water depicted in musen (wireless) and shosen (partially wireless) enamels, the rim with a continuous band of many seashells and seaweed, the reverse with an unusual pattern of waves and flowerheads and the rim with further flowers and scrolling tendrils, 29.4cm.