Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold In two sections

In two sections

and the bronze is finely cold-painted with bronzed & gilt patination

it has not been polished but would really shine with a light silver polish

While a student in Chicago he was influenced by the artists Ray Yoshida and Richard Keane

The vase of baluster-shaped form and having a neck decorated with cloud forms and a collar of dark iron oxide below

Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold In two sectionsA very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonn vases, circa 1890. This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonn vases, one with a blue ground the other with a burgundy ground, both having a lappet design to the neck, the tops and bases are extravagantly decorated with many geometric stylized floral devices. Each vase is waisted with further lappets, the large globular base having a broad band of 'Greek Key' design,