A small cloisonné enamel vase
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto Namikawa (Workshop of Namikawa Yasuyuki; 1845-1927)
The bulbous vase with a long neck decorated in polychrome enamels and silver wires with flowers and flying birds and butterflies on a black ground, the neck enamelled with a floret pattern, signature on a silver tablet mounted on base; gilt rims
3½in. (8.9cm.) high

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For a similar jar, see Murata Masayuki, ed., Kyoto Cloisonné: The Works of Namikawa Yasuyuki (Kyoto: Tankosha, 2008), pl. 29.