The vase is decorated with spring flowers and a butterfly on cream ground, the opposite panel decorated with a young sapling, leaves, daisies and butterfly on a caramel brown ground.
A very similar jar is illustrated on page 110, JAPANESE CLOISONNE, Gregory Irvine, Victorian and Albert Museum, Far Eastern Series.
For a comparable vase signed by Kyoto Namikawa, sold at Sotheby's London, 3/11/2020, lot 128.
10cm high
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Overall in good condition, a few very minute areas to gilt which are consistent with age and use.
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Important Chinese & Asian Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8825
11:00am - 25 October 2026
Hawthorn
VIEWING
Thurs 22 - Sat 24 October, 11am - 5pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Luke Guan
luke.guan@leonardjoel.com.au