Lot 332
CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL AND PORCELAIN EWER
THE CLOISONNÉ BY TAKEUCHI CHUBEI OF NAGOYA FOR THE SHIPPO GAISHA COMPANY, MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 7 November 2018 at 16:00 GMT
£813
Description
decorated with an overall design of assorted insects including butterflies and grasshoppers swimming amidst flowering branches, the handle, spout and the finial of the cover moulded to simulate bamboo, signed on the base in iron-red Dai Nihon seizo Shippo Gaisha, kojin Takeuchi Chubei (made by Takeuchi Chubei for the Shippo Gaisha Company, Great Japan)
Dimensions
31cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private English collection.
Note:
For a comparable cloisonné enamel and porcelain vase, also made by Takeuchi Chubei of Nagoya for the Shippo Gaisha Company, see Bonhams' sale in their London rooms on 9th November 2017, lot 223.