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

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 11. A cloisonné enamel vase | Signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845–1927) | Meiji period, late 19th century.

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase | Signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845–1927) | Meiji period, late 19th century

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase

Signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845–1927)

Meiji period, late 19th century


the oviform vase with silver mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and various thicknesses of gold and silver wire on a pale blue ground, with chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage, signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa (Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845–1927)

12.5 cm., 5 in. high

For similar vases, see Hida Toyojiro et. al., Namikawa Yasuyuki and Japanese Cloisonné. The Allure of Meiji Cloisonné: The Aesthetic of Translucent Black, (Tokyo, 2017), cat. 25 & 26.