Lot Essay
For the design illustration for this vase, see Nakahara Tessen, ed., Kyoshippo monyoshu (Kyoto: Tankosha, 1981), p. 80.
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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA [WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI, 1845-1927]
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A Small Cloisonné Enamel Vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa [workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927]
The bottle vase designed in colored enamels and gold and silver wire with a continuous frieze around the body of butterflies and flowering vines against a pale yellow ground, the shoulder decorated with floral lappets and the neck with lozenges and chrysanthemums on a black ground, the foot and neck with stiff leaf bands; gilt-copper mounts; signature engraved directly on base
3½in. (8.9cm.) high
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa [workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927]
The bottle vase designed in colored enamels and gold and silver wire with a continuous frieze around the body of butterflies and flowering vines against a pale yellow ground, the shoulder decorated with floral lappets and the neck with lozenges and chrysanthemums on a black ground, the foot and neck with stiff leaf bands; gilt-copper mounts; signature engraved directly on base
3½in. (8.9cm.) high