A cloisonné-enamel faceted vase
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Faceted and bulbous with six sides rising to a slender neck, worked in various thicknesses of silver wire and colored enamels with two panels of ducks in a stream beneath a bridge and bamboo fence and a twisting vine of wisteria, areas along the banks of the stream highlighted with clusters of silver dots and the slats of the fence, some ducks and other elements rendered in silver inlay, all among blossoming flowers, the panels separated by stylized scroll on a ground of silver whorls and aubergine enamel, formal bands of flowers around the hexagonal mouth and foot; silver mounts
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high
A cloisonné-enamel faceted vase
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Faceted and bulbous with six sides rising to a slender neck, worked in various thicknesses of silver wire and colored enamels with two panels of ducks in a stream beneath a bridge and bamboo fence and a twisting vine of wisteria, areas along the banks of the stream highlighted with clusters of silver dots and the slats of the fence, some ducks and other elements rendered in silver inlay, all among blossoming flowers, the panels separated by stylized scroll on a ground of silver whorls and aubergine enamel, formal bands of flowers around the hexagonal mouth and foot; silver mounts
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high
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