Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold most likely by Phillippe-Joseph Brocard

most likely by Phillippe-Joseph Brocard (1831-1896)

The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver

Please see a very similar desk that sold at Christie's

it has not been polished but would really shine with a light silver polish

In 1939 he worked for the WPA Easel Project in New York and by the time he returned to Portland he was an established artist on the East Coast

Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold most likely by Phillippe-Joseph BrocardA very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonn vases, circa 1890. This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonn vases, one with a blue ground the other with a burgundy ground, both having a lappet design to the neck, the tops and bases are extravagantly decorated with many geometric stylized floral devices. Each vase is waisted with further lappets, the large globular base having a broad band of 'Greek Key' design,