Lot 266

PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL CHARGERS
MEIJI PERIOD




Auction: 20 March 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£3,250
Description
each raised on a short circular foot, intricately worked in silver wire and polychrome enamels with a central circular panel enclosing a magpie perched on a flowering maple tree eyeing its small prey fluttering amongst the branches, encircled by a band of ruyihead-shaped cartouches containing butterflies and another wider band of lappet-shaped cartouches depicting a variety of stylised seasonal flowers, plants and floral crests (2)
Dimensions
60.5cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection.



