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A full-bodied silver-wired cloisonne vase with gradated green leaves and white lilies with yellow detailing covering its pale gray surface. Silver rims and foot ring form perfect foils for this great Japanese cloisonne maker’s homage to nature. Silver-wired Ando Jubei mark on base. This lovely cloisonné vase is in very good condition with no flaws and no restoration. Height: 9.5"; width: 8.5" Meiji Period. Japan

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A classic silver-gray, skirted cloisonné koro on three feet with handle, the lid, base and collar finely enameled with sinuous dragons. The body, itself, is enhanced by lappets in jewel-toned enamels and geometric designs. The base is exquisitely worked in colored-enamels, a central rondel of surging dragon on a ruby-red ground. Condition is very good. Height: 3.5" Meiji Period, Japan

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A beautiful, rectangular cloisonné enamel box with rounded corners, silver mounts and silk-lined interior, worked in wireless and silver-wired enamels. The graceful visual depicts a white heron among reeds, admiring its reflection in the waters below. The snowy crest of beloved Fuji san rising above completes the serene yet mysterious imagery. Ando Jubei signature on tomobako. This excellent cloisonné covered box is in very good condition with no loss, damage or restoration. Length, 6"; width, 4... Click for details

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Of an unusual compressed form often attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, this three-footed cloisonné teapot has an elegant handle, its lid with flower-shaped finial. The enameled body resembles a kaleidoscope of colors ranging from jewel-toned greens, blues, reds, pinks, orange, yellow and indigo. In a highly technical and intricate style, ogee-shaped cartouches contain ho-o birds under floral and geometrically patterned brocades. The round, concave base exhibits stylized kiku on a stream with vivid... Click for details

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This is a fantastic cloisonné vase of pear-shape with a rare transmutation, (nagare-gusuri)glaze. This glaze is executed in a difficult -to- control flow pattern and exhibits brilliant, metallic-like enamels in red, cobalt, copper-yellow, and green. The fine maker, HATTORI, signature is on the base. This beautifully formed and glazed vase is in very good condition with a slight and imperceptible imperfection under the rim. Height: 4.25" Meiji Period, Japan

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Here is a stunning cloisonné vase of tapered form on silver mounts executed in silver-sculpted wires of various thicknesses. The banded lip and foot of the vase are decorated with geometric designs, the marvelous collar with white kiku buds and lacy karakusa. Elegant flowers with leafy foliage cover the deep blue-enameled ground asymmetrically, small groves of kiku rising from below. Adding drama to this perfect cloisonne vase, a large, gold-wired butterfly perches precariously above a peony pet... Click for details

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A small ruby- enameled basse taille cloisonne vase of bottle-form with silver mounts. A dynamic dragon is carved along the neck and shoulders, writhing in and out of stylized clouds, all on a brilliantly textured ground. On the base of this breath taking gem of a vase is the signature of the noted enamellist, Hayakawa Komejiro. (For a similar piece, see featured vase in "Japanese Cloisonne" by Lawrence Coben & Dorothy Ferster, 1990, p.100, plate 106.) This jewel-like cloisonné vase is... Click for details

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An exquisite six-sided, silver-mounted cloisonné vase with fine geometric scrollwork at the neck and foot. Jurojin, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, is rendered regally on its front surface in soft pastel hues, the faithful deer, his ubiquitous attribute, by his side. On the reverse, three wired heraldic crane crests are positioned, their white enameling unexpected upon the vase's delicate green ground. Inlaid silver signature mark of renowned enameller Hayashi Tanigoro on base. (A simil... Click for details

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Here is a three-footed cloisonné inkwell of round form and inverted rim designed with chidori-shaped cartouches in textile patterns on its lid and jeweled neckline. In the traditional shippo style of the Meiji Period, this inkwell is decorated with three foliate-shaped cartouches on a deep-blue enameled ground, each interlinked by elaborate clasps in muted enamel colors. Idyllic scenes of nature representative of the Japanese landscape are portrayed on each cartouche - bird perched on sakura t... Click for details

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A brilliantly enameled cloisonne vase of globular form executed in wireless and standard wired techniques. Precise wirework details each scale and graceful movement of a lone koi as it swims upon a graduated pale-blue enameled ground. The body of the fish is worked in colored enamels - blue, yellow and green shades - marvelously flowing into each other and capturing the iridescent and realistic qualities of actual fish scales. This magnificent vase is in excellent condition wi... Click for details