A cloisonné enamel jar and cover
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa (Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki; 1845-1927)
The tapering ovoid jar decorated in polychrome enamels and gold and silver wires with panels of beige, speckled green, light blue and brown designed with scattered roundels of flowers and butterflies, the lid, shoulder and foot rim with a floret pattern on a dark blue ground, the lid set with a gilt-copper chrysanthemum finial, signature on a silver tablet mounted on base; gilt rims
4½in. (11.4cm.) high

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For similar jars, see Murata Masayuki, ed., Kyoto Cloisonné: The Works of Namikawa Yasuyuki (Kyoto: Tankosha, 2008), pl. 8; and Gregory Irvine, ed., Japanese Cloisonne/a: The Seven Treasures (London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2006), pp. 94-95.