A cloisonné enamel slender vase | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel slender vase

Meiji period, late 19^th century

the slender cloisonné vase with tall neck and everted rim, gilt copper mounts, in ginbari style with translucent and transparent coloured enamels on a silver foil ground, stamped with a geometric design, depicting a three-clawed dragon, its tail wrapped around the neck, the rich blue enamel ground with the silver foil over the hammered copper body shining beneath

30 cm., 12 in. high