A Cloisonné Box and Cover
A Cloisonné Box and Cover

MARK OF THE ANDO WORKSHOP, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Cloisonné Box and Cover
Mark of the Ando Workshop, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Worked in silver wire and various coloured cloisonné enamels with an Imperial mon on a purplish-grey ground with borders of flowers
19.7cm. long

Lot Essay

For a similar example see Lawrence A. Coben and Dorothy C. Ferster, Japanese Cloisonné: History, Technique and Appreciation, (New York, 1982), p.99, plate 99.

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