Fine quality Japanese Cloisonne bottle form Vase with black ground, late C19th

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Fine quality Japanese Cloisonne bottle form Vase with black ground, late C19th

A cloisonne vase of bottle form, the bulbous ovoid body rising to a tall narrow cylindrical neck, the flat base in copper metal, the black ground decorated on the body with flowers including peony and butterflies, with a stylised wave border below and a band of peony blooms on the shoulder on a brown speckle ground, and on the neck with stylised hanging floral blooms. While not necessarily at the level of some of the signed pieces produced by the Japanese craftsmen in the late nineteenth century, this vase is an excellent example of the best work produced for export. The decoration is detailed and complex and employs some of the ‘special effects’ used, including shading to the enamels and a speckle ground, created with the addition of gold filings to the enamel, both seen in the decoration to the shoulder (see image 5). No doubt intended as a cabinet piece and not necessarily one of a pair, this vase is an excellent tribute to one of the classic ‘arts of Japan’ produced towards the end of the nineteenth century.
Size: Ht 19.3cm, Width (max) 9cm, Base 5cm
Weight: 230gm
Date: c1950
Condition: Good condition generally (i) the body with a small filled surface chip and associated minute scratching (see image 9) (ii) the shoulder with a small flaw in the enamelling, probably a manufacturing fault (see image 10)
Estimate: £30 – 50

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