Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912

Masters of Enamel: The Collection of John and Muriel Okladek | Including Further Japanese Works of Art from the Meiji Period, 1868-1912

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 50. A cloisonné enamel vase and cover | Attributed to Hayashi Hachizaemon (circa 1850-1908) | Meiji period, late 19th century.

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase and cover | Attributed to Hayashi Hachizaemon (circa 1850-1908) | Meiji period, late 19th century

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November 3, 02:50 PM GMT

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3,000 - 5,000 GBP

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Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase and cover

Attributed to Hayashi Hachizaemon (circa 1850-1908)

Meiji period, late 19th century


the broad oviform vase with everted neck and rounded cover, with silver mounts including the finial modelled as a crab, the whole decorated in tones of green cloisonné enamel, intricately worked with a woven bamboo basket design

8 cm., 3¼ in. diam.

Hayashi Hachizaemon was taught by Tsukamoto Kaisuke who was one of the most influential enamellers of the 1860s and who had also taught Hayashi Kodenji. In 1875 he went with Kaisuke to the Ahrens Company in Tokyo to learn advanced western enamelling techniques. He exhibited his work through the Nagoya Shippo Kaisha at the 1881 Second National Industrial Exposition in Ueno Park, Tokyo. He later won bronze medals at the Chicago 1893 and St Louise 1904 international exhibitions.

For a further cloisonné enamel vase by Hayashi Hachizemon in this sale, see Lot 49.