Lot Essay
For a similar jar in the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum Collection, see Murata Masayuki, ed., Kyoto Cloisonné: The Works of Namikawa Yasuyuki (Kyoto: Tankosha, 2008), no. 3.
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Property from the de Guigne Collection
A cloisonné enamel jar and cover
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA (WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI; 1845-1927)
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A cloisonné enamel jar and cover
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA (WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI; 1845-1927)
The globular jar decorated in polychrome cloisonné enamels and gold and silver wires with three panels designed with flowers and butterflies, each panel surrounded with scattered chrysanthemums on a reddish-brown ground, the cover set with a gilt chrysanthemum finial, the lid, shoulder and area around foot designed with stylized flowers, signed on a silver tablet mounted on the base, gilt rims
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA (WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI; 1845-1927)
The globular jar decorated in polychrome cloisonné enamels and gold and silver wires with three panels designed with flowers and butterflies, each panel surrounded with scattered chrysanthemums on a reddish-brown ground, the cover set with a gilt chrysanthemum finial, the lid, shoulder and area around foot designed with stylized flowers, signed on a silver tablet mounted on the base, gilt rims
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high