A PAIR OF LARGE CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES
meiji period (circa 1900), signed ota hyozo
Each of high-shouldered ovoid form with waisted neck ending in a wide mouth and enamelled with falcons and smaller birds on flowering plum branches on an olive ground, the falcons and branches enamelled in grey, white and black within thick and slender silver wire and the plum blossoms enamelled in white, the neck and foot encircled by bands of formal foliate decoration in grey, brown and muted enamels, with original wood stands in original padded wood boxes
24in. (61cm.) high (2)