Lot description
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A cloisonné enamel vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa (Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki; 1845-1927)
The slender double gourd jar decorated in polychrome enamels and silver wires with two five-claw dragons with flame on a deep purple ground, the neck and foot designed with floret patterns, signature on a silver tablet mounted on base; silver rims
9 in. (22.9 cm.) highProvenance
Acquired from a Midwest collection formed in the 1920s.
Quoted from the lot page, © Christie's. Christie's, AN INQUIRING MIND: AMERICAN COLLECTING OF JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART, 2016-04-15, lot 92 ↗
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