Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 673
A SMALL JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2032
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Description
A SMALL AND UNUSUAL JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The baluster body with a short everted rim, decorated with a continuous design of many flowers and a large maple tree by a stream, a band of minute butterflies fluttering around the neck; all in colourful enamels on the dark midnight-blue ground; the water rendered in translucent, bright blue ginbari, 9.2cm.