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Prop🌄erty from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A pair of large cloisonné enamel vases and covers | Meiji period, late 19th century

Lot Closed

November 3, 03:48 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

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Property ꦏfrom the John and Muriel Okladek Colle🥀ction

A pair of large cloisonné enamel vases and covers

Meiji period, late 19th century


the large oviform vases with domed covers and copper-gilt mount༺s, knop finials, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of gold and copper wire, with two shaped panels containing a scene of hawk, swallows, finches and hens amongst chrysanthemum, lilies, peonies and wisteria vine to one, the other with long-tailed pheasants, quails, and further finches and hens beside similar foliage and morning glory, the reverse with a large flock of red-capped cranes among hydrangea, peony and bamboo beside a meandering stream, the panels interspersed with genre scenes of Heian courtiers engaging in humorous past-times, the neck with geometric floral design, the domed ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcovers with roundels of mythical creatures, butterflies above foliate scrolls, the spherical finials with further geometric floral patterns

(2)

Each 55 cm., 21⅝ in. high