Lot description

A pair of fine cloisonné enamel vases

By the workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927), Meiji period (late 19th century)
The compressed ovoid vases set on a gently splayed foot with square shoulder and finished with an everted mouth, designed in musen and standard cloisonné techniques, worked in gold wire and varying shades of blue and white enamels against a blue ground simulating a moonlit night, one vase with the pavilion of Kinkakuji Temple and pond in a wooded landscape, the other with a rustic landscape and thatch-roofed cottage by a winding stream, silver mounts, each with the stamped signature Kyoto Namikawa
3 7/8in (9.8cm) high

Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese Works of Art, 2014-09-16, lot 2310 ↗