Lot Essay
For a bottle of nearly identical design but in different palette, see Impey and Fairley, eds., Enamel, vol. II of Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan (London: Kibo Foundation, 1995), pl. 8.
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MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1890), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA [WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI, 1845-1927]
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A Cloisonné Enamel Bottle
Meiji period (circa 1890), signed Kyoto Namikawa [workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927]
The slender vase of baluster form with an enlongated neck and designed in polychrome enamels worked in silver wire with scrolling vines and varieties of chrysanthemums on a dark blue ground, the shoulder decorated with a band of butterflies and flower heads and the neck with formal lozenge motifs on a mustard-yellow ground, the foot ringed with panels of flower heads on a mustard-yellow ground; silver mounts; signature on silver tablet mounted on base
5¼in. (13.4cm.) high
Meiji period (circa 1890), signed Kyoto Namikawa [workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927]
The slender vase of baluster form with an enlongated neck and designed in polychrome enamels worked in silver wire with scrolling vines and varieties of chrysanthemums on a dark blue ground, the shoulder decorated with a band of butterflies and flower heads and the neck with formal lozenge motifs on a mustard-yellow ground, the foot ringed with panels of flower heads on a mustard-yellow ground; silver mounts; signature on silver tablet mounted on base
5¼in. (13.4cm.) high