A cloisonné enamel jar and cover

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA (WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI; 1845-1927)

Details

A cloisonné enamel jar and cover
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa (Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki; 1845-1927)
The globular body set on three bracket feet, decorated in polychrome enamels and gold wires with flowers on a light-green ground, the lid and shoulder designed in transparent enamels with floret patterns, the lid set with a silver chrysanthemum finial, signature on a silver tablet mounted on base; silver rims
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a nearly identical jar in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, see Enamel, vol. 3 of Meiji no Takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 17.

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