A Japanese Cobalt Blue Cloisonne Vase with Crane

Meiji period (1868-1912) or Taisho era (1912-1926), worked in wire of varying gauge with a red crested crane walking in a flowering meadow, on a vivid cobalt blue ground, applied with a brass neck and foot rim, unmarked.

12 x 6 in.

Private Collection, New York and London

Good estate condition; small crack and loss to enamel beneath rim; small crack to body.