A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES MEIJI PERIOD

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Comprising: two pairs decorated with wisteria flowers, one pair with prunus blossoms and another pair with birds and roses; two vases decorated in musen (wireless) enamels with narcissus and chrysanthemum; and a single ginbari enamel vase with poppies, some marked with the characters Mori in crossed flags and others with paper collection labels to the bases, 18.2cm max. (11)

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet (1841-1915). Sir Thomas was involved in the creation of HSBC and was appointed third Chief Manager of the bank in 1876. He lived in Shanghai and Yokohama in the late 19th c. and his statue still stands today in Statue Square, Hong Kong, in front of HSBC's headquarters.