Description:
Large Emerald Green Cloisonné Vase, Japan, early 20th century, hu form, decorated with a frieze of six "cicada-wing" lappets below a band with six pairs of stylized birds, silver rim, with "jun-gin" (pure silver) mark to foot rim, Ando workshop mark on base, ht. 14 3/8 in. Provenance: Eldred's Auctioneers, Japanese Art at Auction, August 1985, Lot 220. Note: For a comparable vase, see Gregory Irvine, Japanese Cloisonné, Victoria and Albert Museum: Far Eastern Series (London: V&A Publication, 2006), p. 79. Estimate $2,000-3,000 tarnishing to silver, some taping remnants to the interior. Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.