Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912

Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel box and cover | Meiji period, late 19th century

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5,000 - 7,000 GBP

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel box and cover

Meiji period, late 19th century


the rounded rectangular box with close fitting cover and silver mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in gold and silver wire with a profusion of chrysanthemum flowers and foliage on a bright blue ground, yellow silk lining

13.3 cm., 5⅛ in.

For a similarly decorated box attributed to Kumeno Teitaro (1861-1939), see Robert T. Singer, Polished to Perfection: Japanese Cloisonne from the Collection of Donald K. Gerber and Sueann E. Sherry, (Los Angeles, 2017), pg. 58.