A cloisonné enamel tray
A cloisonné enamel tray

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO NAMIKAWA SOSUKE (1847-1910)

Details
A cloisonné enamel tray
Meiji period (late 19th century), attributed to Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910)
The square tray decorated after a design by Watanabe Seitei (1851-1918), in copper wires and partly in wireless (musen) enamels with a sparrow perched on a branch, on a pale blue ground changing to purple at the top, signed Seitei and sealed Nabe; copper rim
11 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (28.3 x 28.3 cm.)
Provenance
Malcolm Fairley, London

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