A MEIPING SHAPED CLOISONNE VASE resting on a flat base worked in wireless and silver-wire outlined enamels in shaded grey and white with blossom-laden branches of a cherry tree viewed between bands of mist, the carefully articulated blossoms white and the small buds brown and the background of the vase pale grey, mouth and foot rims shakudo, silver wire seal embedded in base, sealed Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910)