Lot Essay
Sold these Rooms, 23 March, 2000, lot 82
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MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INLAID MARK SAKIGAKE [NAMIKAWA SOSUKE (1847-1910) ATELIER, TOKYO]
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A Wireless and Cloisonné Enamel Tray
Meiji period (19th century), inlaid mark Sakigake [Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910) Atelier, Tokyo]
Modelled in the outline of a plum blossom and designed in silver and gold wire-outlined cloisonné and wireless enamel with two birds perched on a branch of flowering pink plum, the lower portion of the background shaded grey and the sky area shaded blue, the underside decorated with chocolate-brown cherry florets outlined in gold wire on a dark brown ground, rim shakudo
20 5/8in. (27.2cm.) diameter
Meiji period (19th century), inlaid mark Sakigake [Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910) Atelier, Tokyo]
Modelled in the outline of a plum blossom and designed in silver and gold wire-outlined cloisonné and wireless enamel with two birds perched on a branch of flowering pink plum, the lower portion of the background shaded grey and the sky area shaded blue, the underside decorated with chocolate-brown cherry florets outlined in gold wire on a dark brown ground, rim shakudo
20 5/8in. (27.2cm.) diameter