A Pair of Large Japanese Presentation Cloisonné Vases
Sale 1078 - Japanese & Korean Works of Art
Sep 22, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$50,000 -
60,000
Lot Description
A Pair of Large Japanese Presentation Cloisonné Vases
MARK OF ANDO JUBEI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
each with the baluster body rising to slightly sloping shoulders and a flared mouth,
the main panel finely worked in silver wire and colored enamels against a wireless cloisonné ground, one vase depicting Nagoya Castle, the other showing a soldier guarding the entrance of the Third Divisional Barracks in Nagoya, with an inscription "Third Divisional Field Artillery", silver mounts, the underside bearing an Ando Jubei studio mark, raised on a fitted hardwood stand, with original box.
the main panel finely worked in silver wire and colored enamels against a wireless cloisonné ground, one vase depicting Nagoya Castle, the other showing a soldier guarding the entrance of the Third Divisional Barracks in Nagoya, with an inscription "Third Divisional Field Artillery", silver mounts, the underside bearing an Ando Jubei studio mark, raised on a fitted hardwood stand, with original box.
Height of each 14 1/2 in., 36.8 cm.
Property from a Private Chicago Collection
Provenance:
Presented Taisho 6 [June 1917] by the Third Divisional Commander and Officers
Christie's, Geneva, The Avo Krikorian Collection: Innovation and Inspiration of Meiji Period Design, 18-19 February 2007, Lot 205
Presented Taisho 6 [June 1917] by the Third Divisional Commander and Officers
Christie's, Geneva, The Avo Krikorian Collection: Innovation and Inspiration of Meiji Period Design, 18-19 February 2007, Lot 205
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