A slender cloisonné enamel vase | Attributed to the Hayashi Workshop | Meiji period, late 19th century

Property from the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A slender cloisonné enamel vase

Attributed to the Hayashi Workshop 

Meiji period, late 19^th century

of lobed tall tapering form with everted foot and tall neck, silver and gilt mounts, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels on a deep blue enamel ground and worked in gold and silver wire, depicting sparrows among bamboo with shading (bokashi) to the leaves, the foot and neck with a band of lappets, chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage

24.5 cm., 9⅝ in. high