A large cloisonné enamel bowl and cover | Meiji period, late 19th century

The Property of an English Collector

A large cloisonné enamel bowl and cover

Meiji period, late 19^th century

the oval bowl of lobed form and slightly domed cover with wide rim, copper-gilt mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and thicknesses of gold wire, with alternating panels depicting ho-o birds and three-clawed dragons, the cover decorated with a further ho-o bird on a gold stone ground, chrysanthemum knop finial, copper-gilt mounts

32 cm., 12⅝ in. wide