Group of two Japanese cloisonne objects including a lidded urn and a plate. The plate decorated with butterflies among flowers. Inscribed and with a maker's mark along the underside. The urn is decorated throughout with flowers, butterflies, bats, and other creatures in cartouches.
Plate; diameter: 8 3/4 in. Urn; height: 9 1/2 in x diameter: 8 1/4 in. The plate has no major cracks, losses or chips. There is a minute 1 inch layer of accretion along the edge. Along the edges of the bottom side there are minute losses to the enamel. The lidded urn has a small chip, approximately 1/2 in, along the edge of the lid. Along the top quadrants of the body there are adhesive remnants. There are minute enameling flaws throughout. There is wear and tarnishing to metal components throughout. No signs of restoration under UV light.