Auction: Sale #2183 - 2183Location: BostonDate / Time: January 25, 2003 10:00AM
Description:
Cloisonne Covered Jar, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1911),ovoid from with a design of eight panels of transparent and opaque enamels scattered with floral sprigs, butterflies, and floral medallions, floral borders on a dark blue ground, signed on a square plaque Kyoto Namikawa for Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927),ht. 4 in.
Provenance: Mustafa Avigdor.
Literature: See illustration no. 119, in Japanese Cloisonne by Coben and Ferster.
Estimate $1,500-2,000