Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912

Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A ginbari cloisonné enamel vase | Sealed mark of Kumeno Teitaro (1865-1939) | Meiji period, late 19th century

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A ginbari cloisonné enamel vase

Sealed mark of Kumeno Teitaro (1865-1939)

Meiji period, late 19th century


the high-shouldered oviform ginbari vase hammered and chased on a silver foil ground rendered in seigaiha, covered in translucent and coloured enamels with a profusion of chrysanthemums and peonies raised in relief in a riot of colour, sealed mark of Kumeno Teitaro (1865-1939), silvered mounts 

18 cm., 7⅛ in. high

Kumeno Teitaro (1861-1939) was well-known for his ginbari enamels. He opened his own studio in 1882 and exhibited at many national and international exhibitions including Nuremberg 1885, Paris 1889 (where he was awarded a silver medal) and Chicago 1893. At St Louis 1904 he was awarded a ‘grand prize’ and a gold medal at Liège in 1905.