Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold In 1939 he worked for

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

and the bronze is finely cold-painted with bronzed & gilt patination

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

the kovsh decorated with stylized multi-color floral & foliate motifs against a silver ground

Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold In 1939 he worked forA 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,