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A large porcelain and cloisonné enamel ovoid vase By Takeuchi Chubei, early Meiji Period image 1
A large porcelain and cloisonné enamel ovoid vase By Takeuchi Chubei, early Meiji Period image 2
Lot 385*

A large porcelain and cloisonné enamel ovoid vase
By Takeuchi Chubei, early Meiji Period

11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A large porcelain and cloisonné enamel ovoid vase

By Takeuchi Chubei, early Meiji Period
Decorated with two large scroll cartouches, one enclosing three crows perched on a plum tree with the full moon in the distance, the other of chrysanthemums growing beside tall bamboo stalks, all reserved on a blue karakusa ground of fans with kacho-ga designs; and signed Shippo Kojin Takeuchi Chubei; with wood storage box. 57cm (22½in) high. (2).

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花鳥図磁胎七宝大花瓶 竹内忠兵衛 明治時代前期

The vase offered here is almost certainly the pair to the example in the collection of the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, illustrated by Ito Yoshiaki et al., in the NHK Exhibition Catalogue, Commemorating the 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan Arts of the East and West from World Expositions, 1855-1900, Paris, Vienna and Chicago, 2004, no.1-164.

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