A pair of large cloisonné enamel vases
Meiji period
Meiji period
Each of lobed ovoid contour with s shallow sloping shoulder and wide mouth, decorated in colored enamels with small birds in flight amid leafy flowering vines conforming to the ten lobes and silhouetted against a bright pink ground with a dense scroll pattern, a band of blossoming iris encircling the base above a stylized floral band repeated on shoulder and rim.
12 3/4in (32.3cm) high
12 3/4in (32.3cm) high
Estimate:
US$ 1,500 - 2,000
£980 - 1,300
€1,200 - 1,600
£980 - 1,300
€1,200 - 1,600
Lot heading
Property from the Collection of John and Eve Mahan, Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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