Proper✃ty from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase

With inscription Nihon bihin (Japanese work of art)

Meiji period, late 19^th century

of tapering form with everted neck, decorated in various coloured and translucent enamels with a dragon emerging from tempestuous waters, its body executed in chased silver foil enamels (ginbari), copper-gilt mounts, the base inscribed Nihon bihin (Japanese work of art)

25 cm., 10 in. high