A SMALL OVOID CLOISONNE VASE, resting on a short, flared base and rising to a gently flared neck worked in silver wire and enamels of chartreuse green, blue and red with a long, five-clawed dragon with carefully articulated scales set against an aubergine enamel ground, the neck patterned with flowers on a yellow ground, the base encircled by a narrow ring of foliate scroll, silver mounts, signed on a silver reserve Kyoto Namikawa (Namikawa Yasuyuki), late 19th century