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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.

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

Condition Report

Overall in good stable condition, free of indentations or enamel loss, with slight surface marks to the the silver mounts, and shelfwear to the underside. One example with a bruise to the mouth rim and resulting fissure in enamel measuring about 3/8 in.. One stand with stress fractures and resulting losses. The box with some soiling.

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