A massive cloisonné enamel covered urn - Meiji Period

The ovoid body with a continuous scene of cranes amid flowering cherry trees on a sky-blue ground above a patterned lappet band encircling the foot, a 'cloud collar' shoulder band scattered with feather robes and festival umbrellas below a linked band of stylized auspicious emblems encircling the cylindrical neck, the domical lid decorated en suite and surmounted by a globular final with dissolving blossoms (losses), with gilt metal rims (wear).
221/2in (57cm) high - Sold for $1,600 plus Premium and tax

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Bonhams. Asian Decorative Art, 3 Mar 2008. 220 San Bruno Ave., San Francisco

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