Property from the Joh🎐n and Muriel Oklade🎶k Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase and cover

Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)

Meiji period, late 19^th century

the oval vase on short foot and broad neck rim, decorated in various coloured enamels and thicknesses of gold wire, with two panels of butterflies among chrysanthemums, wisteria and other flowers and foliage on a light blue ground, bordered by interspersed pierced roundels of flowers and butterflies, surrounded by flower heads on a black ground, the shoulder with a band of lappets, the domed cover with chrysanthemum (kiku) finial 

16 cm., 6½ in. high