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 cloisonné enamel vase with butterflies | Meiji period, late 19th century

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November 3, 02:34 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase with butterflies 

Meiji period, late 19th century


the oviform vase with waisted tall neck and everted rim, decorated in various coloured enamels and thicknesses of gold and silver wire on a royal blue ground, with intricately delineated butterflies and moths of different sizes in flight, the neck with dense karakusa and paulownia, copper-gilt mounts 

16 cm., 6⅜ in. high

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