A pair of cloisonné-enamel baluster vases
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach worked in silver wire with opaque and translucent enamels with details flecked with aventurine, each decorated with a mirror-design of the other, the body two lobed panels, the purple panel enclosing two birds among flowering kiku (chrysanthemum) shrubs, the green panel depicting a peacock perched on a cherry tree, between smaller shield panels showing a ho-o (phoenix), the neck applied with two straight bracket handles, each vase unsigned; with a card storage box. Each vase: 16cm (6?in) high. (3).