A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)

已结束2020年7月23日

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)
The slender double gourd jar decorated in polychrome enamels and silver wires with two five-claw dragons with flame on a deep purple ground, the neck and foot designed with floret patterns, silver rims; a silver tablet with signature now missing
9 in. (22.9 cm.) high

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The dragon is associated with Buddhism, Shinto and a wealth of legends as a harbinger of fertility, bliss and imperial power. The Dragon King of the Sea lives in a palace in the depths of the ocean from which he controls the weather and tides.
For a similar work in the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum Collection, see Murata Masayuki, ed., Kyoto Cloisonné: The Works of Namikawa Yasuyuki (Kyoto: Tankosha, 2008), no. 62.