THREE PAIRS OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES, LATE MEIJI P...

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£40

THREE PAIRS OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES, LATE MEIJI PERIOD-EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Of small size, comprising: a tapering oviform pair, with shield-shaped panels decorated with dragons and birds, on a dark green and black ground 12.5cm high, a pair of oviform vases with butterflies and flowers on a green ground with blue borders and a pair of bottle vases with mons, fans and figures

Provenance: Property of a Sussex gentleman

Condition: Some slight chipping and losses to enamels. One of the bottle vases with some noticeable chipping to lower part, one of the vases with the dragons and birds with a large chip to enamels at shoulder. Gilt metal bases are loose on a couple of the examples.

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Some slight chipping and losses to enamels. One of the bottle vases with some noticeable chipping to lower part, one of the vases with the dragons and birds with a large chip to enamels at shoulder. Gilt metal bases are loose on a couple of the examples.