Lot Essay
For a similar pair of vases, see Joe Earle, ed., Splendors of Meiji, Treasures of Imperial Japan: Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection (St. Petersburg: Broughton International Inc., 1999), pl. 226.
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PROPERTY OF A LADY
A pair of cloisonné-enamel vases
MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1900), SEALED SAKIGAKE [WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA SOSUKE, 1847-1910]
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A pair of cloisonné-enamel vases
Meiji period (circa 1900), sealed Sakigake [workshop of Namikawa Sosuke, 1847-1910]
Decorated in colored, partially wired enamels with egrets wading in a shallow pond with flowering water plants and reeds on a grey ground changing to pale yellow at the top to simulate the effect of dawn light; inlaid silver wire seal on brown enamel base, rims shakudo over copper, interiors brown enamel
12½in. (31.7cm.) high (2)
Meiji period (circa 1900), sealed Sakigake [workshop of Namikawa Sosuke, 1847-1910]
Decorated in colored, partially wired enamels with egrets wading in a shallow pond with flowering water plants and reeds on a grey ground changing to pale yellow at the top to simulate the effect of dawn light; inlaid silver wire seal on brown enamel base, rims shakudo over copper, interiors brown enamel
12½in. (31.7cm.) high (2)
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