NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927) A Fine Spherical Cloisonné-Enamel Jar and Cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900Property of various ownersNAMIKAWA YASUYUKI (1845-1927)A Fine Spherical Cloisonné-Enamel Jar and Cover Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900Worked in silver wire, colored enamels and aventurine on a black ground with two serpentine dragons, the recessed foot bordered by a formal leaf band and the shoulder with a floral collar, the domed cover decorated with floral lozenges and surmounted with a silver floral-bud finial. signed on a silver tablet Kyōto Namikawa 2 3/4in (7cm) highProvenanceGeorge E. McGague, purchased in Kyoto from Namikawa Yasuyuki in April 1903, and thence by descent