A cloisonné enamel vase | Attributed to the Kyoto Namikawa workshop | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase

Attributed to the Kyoto Namikawa workshop

Meiji period, late 19^th century

the oviform vase with short neck and silvered mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of gold and silver wire, with two panels depicting a ho-o bird with trailing tail feathers and a three-clawed dragon emitting flames, the body with geometric patterns containing chrysanthemums and paulownia, the neck and foot with lappets of stylised butterflies on a yellow ground

15.2 cm., 6 in. high