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Japanese Art
Lot 58

Four cloisonné enamel and porcelain ovoid vessels and covers
Meiji era

21 March 2018, 11:00 GMT
Edinburgh

£700 - £900

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Four cloisonné enamel and porcelain ovoid vessels and covers

Meiji era
Comprising: one pair of vases with en-suite covers, each similarly worked in gilt wire with a continuous design of a ho-o (phoenix) in flight among autumn plants and flowers on a blue ground between borders of foliate and geometric motifs, the covers with stylised flowerheads, each 17cm high; the third a vase and cover, decorated with four butterflies among autumnal flowers on a blue ground, signed on the base Dai Nihon seizo Shippo Gaisha, 16cm high; the last a vase and cover with an overall design of trailing pink flowers, signed on the base Dai Nihon seizo Shippo Gaisha.
16cm high (8).

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