A Japanese Cloisonné-Enamel and Partial Plique-à-Jour Square Bowl

ANDO JUBEI (1876-1953), MEIJI PERIOD

of rounded square form having tapered walls, with an upper plique-à-jour rim depicting multicolor chrysanthemums, enclosed by
two brown enameled borders imitating bamboo atop an enameled metal body, the interior centered with a single crab, stamped jujin, 純銀 on the silver rim and signed with the silver wire seal of Ando Jubei on the underside.

Height 4 x width 7 3/4 in., 10.2 x 19.7 cm.

Property from a Private Collection

Provenance:

A very similar example, see Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art, Bonhams New York, September 14, 2016, sale 23430 lot 182.

The overall structural integrity intact and free of dents, though bruised with related fissuring and enamel loss to one side, largely confined within one section of the upper 'bamboo' border, smaller stable fissures in the flanking bamboo sections. The interior lightly soiled, and having some scattered surface scratches commensurate with regular use to the underside.

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Japanese & Korean Works of Art

A Japanese Cloisonné-Enamel and Partial Plique-à-Jour Square Bowl

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