Asian Works of Art Online
Description:
Creamy White Cloisonné Vase, Japan, Meiji period, trumpet shape with long highly waisted body below a slightly domed shoulder, decorated with bamboo and sparrows in flight in silver and gold wires, respectively, silver rim, Ando workshop mark on base, ht. 9 1/2 in.
Provenance: Purchased from Orientations Gallery, New York, in 1989.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
minor glazing flaw to shoulder line, silver tarnishing, two-inch underglaze cracks around neck.
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Keywords
Ando, JapanSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
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Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
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