A MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE

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A MASSIVE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Of ovoid form with wide, flared mouth, enamelled about the body with large peony blossoms, white wistaria and birds on a tomato-pink ground, and decorated about the waisted neck with phoenixes and paulownia sprays in deeper grey colors on an aventurine-highlighted field within formal borders, repeated below the neck and above the foot- 47 1/4 in. (120 cm.) high