JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) Japan
“Koi” covered box c.1900
Cloisonné with silver wire and wireless orange enamel with silver foil backing and cobalt blue enameled background with silver foil and enameled underside, red woven silk interior.
Original wood hinged box with padded cotton interior, attached paper label of an unidentified artist cipher (see box cover).
Dimensions of wood box:
H: 3 5/8″ x W: 5 3/4″ x D: 4 3/4″
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) UK
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, England
“Cloisonné” vase 1867
Glazed porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration and gilding
Marks: MINTON, date cipher for 1867
Illustration: Truth, Beauty, Power: Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, exhibition catalogue, Historical Design, Inc. (New York, 1998) p. 78.
H: 9 7/8”
CHINESE ART DECO
Covered Box c.1930
Cloisonne enamel in a fantasy archaic Chinese motif in red, yellow, black and white abstract designs on a bronze body with a blue enameled underside and a wood lined interior.
H: 1 5/8″ x D: 6 1/8″ x W: 6 1/8″
CHINESE ART DECO
Covered box c. 1930
Cloisonne enamel in a fantasy of archaic Chinese motifs in red, royal blue, black white and sand colored abstract designs on a bronze body with a turquoise enameled underside and interior.
H: 2 1/2″ x D: 6 1/4″ x W: 9″