Lot 387 , Three Japanese Musen and Moriage enamel vases, c.1900-10, signed Hattori Tadasaburo, 15.2cm and 18.3cm, some damage

Three Japanese Musen and Moriage enamel vases, c.1900-10, signed Hattori Tadasaburo, two decorated with white egrets on a flambe style semi translucent ground, one of double gourd shape, the other of flared trumpet form, and a similar vase decorated with a white lily and foliage on a similar ground, all three vases with engraved two character signature to the base, 15.2cm and 18.3cm, some damage
Estimate £200-300

Compare some similar vases in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection London, Museum No. FE.72:1, 2-2011.

The double gourd shaped vase has a large bruise and splinter into the enamel on the blue / green ground to the side of one of the egrets also going through it's beak, there is a splinter chip and cracks near the base on the white moriage decoration of the egrets, there is a couple of small bruises to the upper bulbous section of the double gourd shape and small splinter and crack to the neck,
Trumpet shaped vase decorated with egrets has a horizontal crack on the neck and exterior and a similar star shape crack on the interior, there is some cracking around the foot and the applied silver base is slightly loose
Trumpet shape vase decorated with a lily has numerous star cracks to the enamel around the neck on the outside and inside and some splinter chip losses exposing the copper body around the base, the applied silver foot is loose.


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Sold for £550