Small Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dish with Bird / Mosaics. Nagoya. Circa 1900..

Small Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dish with Bird / Mosaics. Circa 1900. Spectacular Decoration.

High-quality cloisonné with skilled brass wire work and multi- coloured enamels. Body is decorated with spectacular and complex geometric patterns formed into over-lapping mosaics. Panels decorated with a bird in-flight admist flowering plants. Superbly rendered cloisonne enamel plaque with realistic rendered foliage and butterfly. Withering lotus leaves, flower pod (Katydid) and butterfly also speak aloud of the natural symbiosis of insect and plant, and at the end of the summer. Substantial use of very fine wires with minute detail throughout and rare specrtum of enamel colours. The reverse with bordered cloisonne in blue enamel. Suberb quality, most likely from Nagoya workshops.

Condition: Excellent and original condition.

[Display stand not included in Sale].

Dimensions (approx):

Diameter = 21.5 cm;

Depth = 2 cm (approx).