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Japanese Art
Lot 53

Three cloisonné enamel globular vessels and en-suite covers
Meiji era

21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

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Three cloisonné enamel globular vessels and en-suite covers

Meiji era
Each worked in silver wire, the first with the upper section decorated with a band of stylised chrysanthemum heads, the lower section with linked seashells on a two-tone blue ground, the soft-green cover surmounted with a chrysanthemum-form knop, 7cm high; the second decorated with two large butterflies among stylised chrysanthemum blossoms and other formal floral motifs on a whorl ground, 9cm high; the third with a lobed body applied with two straight upright handles on either side, decorated with a ho-o on one side and butterflies on the other on a speckled aventurine ground, the domed cover surmounted by a bud finial. 11.5cm high.
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