NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) OF KYOTOA Cloisonné-Enamel Miniature Squat Jar and CoverMeiji era (1868-1912), early 20th centuryFinely worked in silver and gilt wire and decorated with butterflies hovering among meandering sprays of stylised chrysanthemum and other blossoms on a lightly mottled salmon-pink ground, the shoulder with a tightly clustered lobed band enclosing formal foliate motifs, the domed cover embellished with similar sprays of chrysanthemums and surmounted by a chrysanthemum finial, applied with a gilt brass rim and foot, signed on the base with chiselled charactersKyoto Namikawa on a silver plaque; with a wood storage box.8.5cm (3 3/8in) high. (3).Artist or Maker: Namikawa YasuyukiProvenance: Published and illustrated:Sano Museum,Meiji no po: Sekai o miryo shita waza to bi: Kindai kogei no hana, exhibition catalogue, Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, 2008, p.64, pl.73.