Lot 186: Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910) A fine cloisonné-enamel tray Meiji era (1868-1912), c. 1900

NAMIKAWA SOSUKE (1847-1910)
A fine cloisonné-enamel tray
Meiji era (1868-1912), c. 1900
The rectangular tray worked in colored enamels in musen (“wireless”)
work and gold wires in standard cloisonné with a mallard duck about
to light on a pond on a moonlit night with snow-covered reeds and
grasses, all against a pale grey ground, the rims shakudo and the
reverse with a profusion of cherry blossoms in two shades of brown
enamels and gold wires, with the Sakigake mark of the artist 7 3/4 x 5 7/8in (19.7 x 14.9cm)