A Japanese cloisonne pear-shaped vase with slightly everted rim, decorated with lappets of ho-o on dark green and goldstone grounds alternating with dragons chasing flaming pearls on dark pink grounds interspersed with hanging tassels on a plum ground, the neck with shaped panels of lotus on a ground of stylised flowerheads, below a band of flowerhead lappets to the rim, silver rims -- 7½in.high.