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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase | Signed Nishi | Meiji period, late 19th century

Lot Closed

November 3, 03:17 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase

Signed NishiMeiji period, late 19th century


the rounded hexagonal vase with everted neck, silver and copper-gilt mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels on a deep blue ground and worked in various thicknesses of gold and silver wire with chrysanthemums, the leaves in superb shaded (bokashi) enamels, a small bee nestling in a chrysanthemum flowerhead to the shoulder of the vase, signed Nishi

24.5 cm., 9¾ in. high