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 72. An impressive rare cloisonné enamel vase | Sealed Kume (Kumeno Teitaro, 1865-1939) | Meiji period, late 19th century.

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

An impressive rare cloisonné enamel vase | Sealed Kume (Kumeno Teitaro, 1865-1939) | Meiji period, late 19th century

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

An impressive rare cloisonné enamel vase 

Sealed Kume (Kumeno Teitaro, 1865-1939)

Meiji period, late 19th century 


the trumpet vase with chrome mounts, decorated in translucent coloured enamels on a hammered silver foil ground, with a flowering branch of foliage with its large leaves extending across the body, the interior similarly decorated, sealed Kume (Kumeno Teitaro, 1865-1939)

32 cm., 12⅝ 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.