Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026

Lot 677

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE WITH BUTTERFLIES

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1207

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Description

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE WITH BUTTERFLIES
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The baluster body raised on a short foot and with a flared neck, delicately decorated with five butterflies fluttering on the dark midnight-blue ground, the insects rendered in colourful enamels and silver wires; with bands of triangular lappets above the foot and under the rim, 9.5cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.