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Japanese Art
Lot 54

Five cloisonné enamel vessels
Meiji era

21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

Sold for £687.50 inc. premium

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Five cloisonné enamel vessels

Meiji era
Each worked in gilt wire, comprising: two teapots; one decorated with stylised butterflies flitting over sprigs of camellia on a white enamel ground, 7cm high; the second teapot decorated with a phoenix among sprays of formal floral motifs on one side and butterflies on the other on a green ground speckled with aventurine, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a bud finial, 14.5cm high; a globular koro decorated with butterflies hovering over large peonies on a transparent red ground, 11cm high; and a pair of decagonal lobed form, each decorated with an identical overall design of stylised chrysanthemums on a reddish-brown ground.
12.2cm high (10).

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