A Cloisonné Vase
A Cloisonné Vase

SIGNED ON A SILVER TABLET NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Cloisonné Vase
Signed on a silver tablet Namikawa Yasuyuki, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Worked in silver wire and various coloured cloisonné enamels with butterflies among chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage on a pale green ground, the shoulder with foliate lappets containing paulownia interspersed with stylised chrysanthemums, the tall tapering neck with shippo-hanabishi, silver rims
10cm. high

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