MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA (WORKSHOP OF NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI; 1845-1927)

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A cloisonné enamel jar and cover
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa (Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki; 1845-1927)
The compressed globular jar decorated in polychrome enamels and gold and silver wires with three panels designed with a bird, flowers and butterflies on a beige ground, each panel surrounded with scattered chrysanthemums on a dark blue ground, the rim of lid, shoulder and the base enamelled with a floret pattern, the lid set with a gilt chrysanthemum finial, signature on a silver tablet mounted on base, gilt rims; interior dark green enamel
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a similar jar with identical motifs, see Enamel, vol. 3 of Meiji no takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1994), cat. no. 6.

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