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
Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection
Lot Closed
November 3, 03:34 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection
A cloisonné enamel vase
Signed Adachi (Adachi Kinjiro)
Meiji period, late 19th century
the tall vase of ovoid shape and everted neck, copper mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels on a dark blue and worked in various thicknesses of silver and copper wire on a hammered silver foil ground, with Kannon holding a sutra scroll aloft, on the back of a dragon, signed Adachi (Adachi Kinjiro)
45 cm., 17¾ in. high
For further examples of vases by Adachi Kinjiro, see Lots 46 and 47.
