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Bowl with chrysanthemum blossoms by Namikawa Sosuke (enameler). Japan, Meiji period, made for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection [4000×3000] [OC]

September 27, 2024

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oldspice75 on September 27, 2024 1:23 pm

https://art.thewalters.org/detail/29146/bowl-with-chrysanthemum-blossoms/

[another OC photo](https://i.ibb.co/Rp5bbt1/20231228-181634.jpg)
Palimpsest0 on September 27, 2024 1:43 pm

Wow, that’s an amazing piece of plique-á-jour enameling.

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Bowl with chrysanthemum blossoms by Namikawa Sosuke (enameler). Japan, Meiji period, made for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection [4000×3000] [OC]

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