Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019

Lot 312

A JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL BOWL MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550

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Description

A JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL BOWL

MEIJI PERIOD OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

With a glass liner, the sides densely decorated with butterflies fluttering above brushwood fences and a multitude of flowers including irises, wisteria, peonies and chrysanthemum, with details finely worked in repoussé and polychrome enamels, the well with a spray of peonies, the base signed Masamitsu, 12.1cm.