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A pair of cloisonné enamel vases
Meiji period (circa 1900), inlaid wire mark of Kawade Shibataro (1856- ?)
Each vase of hexagonal form with high shoulders, slightly flared neck and slanted rim and with inset foot, each decorated in art nouveau style with peacock feathers on a turquoise ground in polychrome opaque enamels and transparent green enamel over foil around the eyes of the feathers and with inlaid silver wire, signature on base; rims silver; crazing to enamel around baselines
12¼in. (31.1cm.) high each
With wood box and original wood stands (2)Provenance
Dr. John A. Mooney (acquired in Japan prior to 1951) and by descent
Quoted from the lot page, © Christie's. Christie's, Japanese and Korean Art, 2013-03-20, lot 681 ↗
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