Lot 331
NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) OF KYOTO
FINE JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'BUTTERFLY AND FLOWER' TEAPOT AND COVER, MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明治 並河靖之「京都並河」款 七宝焼花蝶茶壺
of pear form, intricately worked in silver and gold wire with a butterfly on each side hovering among stylised, scrolling, leafy blossoms on a pale yellow ground, the elegantly curved spout decorated with flowers amidst a dense pattern of whorls, the domed cover with similar design bordered by a band of lappets surmounted by a chrysanthemum bud finial, the base and interior enamelled to emulate turquoise matrix, signed on the handle Kyoto Namikawa
Dimensions
11cm wide; 250g
Provenance
Private collection, Blairgowrie; Inherited from the current owner's grandparents.
蘇格蘭私人收藏，布萊爾高里；繼承自現任藏家之祖父母。
Footnote
A highly comparable pear-shaped cloisonné enamel teapot and cover, attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, Meiji period, similar to the current lot with turquoise enamelling on the base and the treatment of the mark on the handle, sold at Bonhams London, 4 November 2025, lot 453. Also compare to a fine pear-shaped cloisonné enamel teapot and cover, by Namikawa Yasuyuki, Meiji period, with a typical treatment of the mark signed on the base with chiselled characters Kyoto Namikawa on a silver plaque, sold at Bonhams London, 2 November 2023, lot 216. Another similar teapot in black ground, by Namikawa Yasuyuki, is in the National Museum in Warsaw, accession no. SKAZsz 598/a-b MNW.