Cloisonné enamel incense burner with a dragonfly and waterlilies
Kawade Shibatarō (1856-1921) For Andō Cloisonné Company
A fine and extremely rare cloisonné enamel kōro (incense burner) of a gourd form with handles and three feet, the pale brown body decorated in silver wire and green and yellow moriage enamel with kōhone (nuphar japonica, a type of waterlily), upwardly blooming yellow flowers, with some still in buds above leaves; the base and feet in silver wire and pale blue moriage enamel with a stylized water stream, the handles in silver wire with detailed patterns of numerous butterflies. The cover with a realistic articulated silver dragonfly sitting aloft.
Signed on the base in silver wire Kawade in gourd-shaped reserve within the Ando company’s trade mark
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1906
Height 17 x 16cm
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