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A Plique-á-Jour Bowl
Meiji period (late 19th-early 20th century)
Worked in silver wire and translucent coloured enamels with chrysanthemums, peonies and small flowerheads, silvered rims
12.3cm. diam.
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A similar example sold Christie's London, 18 May 2012, lot 241.
For other examples see Gloria W. Lannom, Shotai-shippo: Plique-á-Jour Goes to Japan, Orientations, vol.28, December 1997, p.65-69, fig. 8. and Gregory Irvine, Japanese Cloisonne: The Seven Treasures, (Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2006), p. 28 and p.64. For one of these bowls in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, museum number M.206-1917, go to http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119856/bowl-unknown/

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