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A cloisonné enamel scent bottle

Signed Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927)

Meiji period, late 19^th century

of oval form with flat copper-gilt base and screw-top, decorated in various coloured cloisonné enamels and thicknesses of gold wire, with a ho-o bird among scrolling foliage and a butterfly among chrysanthemums on a dark blue ground, the panel surrounded a diaper design, signed Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845-1927)

6.1 cm., 2⅝ in. high