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

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase

Meiji period, late 19th century

the oviform vase with everted neck, decorated overall with various coloured enamels in gilt brass and silver wire, with panels of dragons, ho-o birds, divided panels with ducks and stylised waves (seigaiha), the lower part with panels of serpents, ho-o birds and other mythical birds, beneath a band of diaper design, copper gilt mounts, unsigned 

19.5 cm., 7¾ in. high