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A pair of cloisonné enamel presentation vases
Lot 142

A pair of cloisonné enamel presentation vases

MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), INLAID WIRE MARK OF ANDO WORKSHOP

Closed11 September 2012

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A pair of cloisonné enamel presentation vases
Meiji-Taisho period (Early 20th century), inlaid wire mark of Ando Workshop
Each vase of tapering ovoid form with high chamfered shoulder and slightly flared neck, decorated in polychrome enamels and silver wires with budding magnolia, with a white sixteen-petal chrysanthemum crest of the Imperial Household on the neck, the shoulder, mouth and foot rim with a floret pattern, all against a pale blue ground, signature on base; rims silver
17 5/8in. (44.8cm.) high each
With wood box (2)

An Imperial gift to Baron Nakamura Satoru (1854-1925), 20 December 1919
Acquired by the current owner's father in Tokyo in the late 1940s

Specialist note

This pair of vases was presented by Emperor Taisho to Baron Nakamura Satoru at Hayama Imperial Villa on 20 December 1919, on the occasion of the baron's retirement from military service as full general.

For similar presentation vases, see Enamel, vol. 3 of Meiji no takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairely, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1994), cat. nos. 53-54.