Ito

Meiji period 19th/20th century

1868-1912

Vase

Small but beautifully executed cloisonne vase in fine silver wire and polychrome enamels. A small songbird is perched on a branch of a blossom tree on olive-green ground. Some of the blossom is in full bloom and others are still buds waiting to open.

The vase is signed Ito although it is uncertain exactly which Ito this could be. Looking at the quality and techniques used in the vase it is likely to be Ito Soemon. Very little is known about Soemon other than he won silver at the Chicago 1893 and St. Louis 1904 exhibitions for his cloisonne work.

Signed Ito (probably Soemon)

Size 60mm x 63mm