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A cloisonné enamel vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa (Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki; 1845-1927)
The tapering ovoid jar with straight neck decorated in polychrome enamels and silver wires with sprays of various chrysanthemums and flying butterflies on a deep blue ground, the rims, neck and foot designed with floret patterns, the shoulder with a band of two phoenixes and paulownia, signature on a silver tablet mounted on base; silver rims
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) highProvenance
Lt. General James F. Hollingsworth (1918 -2010)
Sale room notice
Please be informed that the actual height of this lot is 9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) instead of the height stated in the catalogue.
Quoted from the lot page, © Christie's. Christie's, An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese and Korean Art, 2015-04-22, lot 126 ↗
Public historical auction result, cited to the auction house’s own lot page. It records what one object made on one day. It is not a valuation of any work, and nothing here is offered for sale.