A SQUARE CLOISONNE TRAY WITH ROUNDED CORNERS

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A SQUARE CLOISONNE TRAY WITH ROUNDED CORNERS
Late 19th Century

Decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt and silver wire with a cock, hen and chick, the border similarly decorated with a continuous band of stylised ho-o bird, butterflies and flowerheads, the reverse with ho-o bird and stylised paulwnia in a large petal-shaped panel, surrounded by scrolling foliage, signed and sealed Seitei
27.7cm.

Lot Essay

For further information on the designer Seitei please see:
Hillier, Jack "The Association of Namikawa Sosuke and Watanabe Seitei", pp. 50-58 in The Nasser D Khalili Collection of Japanese Art. Meiji no takara - Treasures of Imperial Japan, Enamel, Part III, (Kibo Foundation, 1995)

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