A cloisonné-enamel oblong octagonal box and cover By Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century (3)

A cloisonné-enamel oblong octagonal box and cover

By Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century

Delicately worked in
musen ('wireless') and
yusen (wired) enamels and decorated with two sprigs of flowering chrysanthemums on a slightly graduated blue ground, the veins of the leafy stems and the petals outlined in silver wire, the interior and underside of plain aubergine, applied with a
shakudo rim, the base signed in thick silver wire with the
Sakigake mark of Namikawa Sosuke; with a plain wood storage box.
3.2cm x 10.8cm x 8.8cm (1¼in x 4¼in x 3½in). (3).

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