


Lot 250
A cloisonné-enamel slender ovoid vase Attributed to Hayashi Kihyoe for the Ando Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
5 November 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,812.50 inc. premium
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Attributed to Hayashi Kihyoe for the Ando Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge, decorated with an eagle perched on a wave-lashed rock, its wings outstretched, preparing for flight as it spies a pair of chidori (plovers or dotterels) flying past, reserved on a lime-green ground, the rim with cherry blossoms on a tight whorl-patterned ground; unsigned. 18.2cm (7 1/8in) high.
Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge, decorated with an eagle perched on a wave-lashed rock, its wings outstretched, preparing for flight as it spies a pair of chidori (plovers or dotterels) flying past, reserved on a lime-green ground, the rim with cherry blossoms on a tight whorl-patterned ground; unsigned. 18.2cm (7 1/8in) high.
Footnotes
Compare the quality and design of this vase with a scenic panel on a covered incense burner attributed to the same artist in the Stephen W. Fisher Collection, published and illustrated by Robert Mintz, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Stephen W. Fisher Collection, exhibition catalogue, Baltimore, Md., Walters Art Museum, 2010, p.55.