Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold While a student in Chicago

While a student in Chicago he was influenced by the artists Ray Yoshida and Richard Keane

it has not been polished but would really shine with a light silver polish

The box having a fitted interior with the original ivory/bone sewing accoutrements

The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver

Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold While a student in ChicagoA very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonn vases, circa 1890. This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonn vases, one with a blue ground the other with a burgundy ground, both having a lappet design to the neck, the tops and bases are extravagantly decorated with many geometric stylized floral devices. Each vase is waisted with further lappets, the large globular base having a broad band of 'Greek Key' design,