Japanese Silver Vase with Gilt Foliate Design
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Good early 20th century Japanese silver vase, of ovoid form with an angled shoulder and waisted neck, decorated minimally with a gilt foliate themed roundel, with two character mark impressed to base, height 26 cm
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- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Roundel - A roundel is a circular disk, medallion or border on a plate or dish, on an object of furniture. A plate or dish will often have a central circular bordered decoration, termed a roundel. In furniture the word is often used instead of the word 'patera' to describe a turned circular decoration. In recent times use of the word has expanded to encompass any circular area on an object.
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