Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)


A large and important cloisonné-enamel vase and coverMeiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900Of elongated ovoid form with a dome cover and worked in polychrome enamels and silver wire with birds and butterflies in a variety of blossoming flowers, all against a black ground, the shoulder and cover decorated with paulownia blossoms and vines on a brown ground, the rim and foot with bands of floral lozenges and lappets, chrysanthemum finial and silver mounts, signed on a silver tablet on the underside Kyoto Namikawa 9 3/8in (23.8cm) high