Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 10 October 2016
English, Continental, Oriental and Cape Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts
About this Item
A pair of Japanese cloisonné enamel vases, Meiji period (1868-1912)
ovoid with a square neck, each decorated with a cockerel before a fence with flowering hibiscus and chrysanthemum, the reverse with a chick and mon, against a turquoise-green ground, the neck rim and upper shoulders with a pair of contesting dragons, the footrim with a foliate-diaper border, blue enamel interior, 30cm high
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