Three cloisonné-enamel vases


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryEach worked in silver wire of varying gauge, one decorated with three goldfish swimming among rippled waters on a pale grey ground, 18.4cm (7¼in) high; the second a hexagonal vase decorated with a sparrow in flight over tall stalks of irises, wild chrysanthemums and a flowering peach tree, 15.3cm (6in) high; the third a rounded and hexagonal vase with three rectangular panels enclosing a different bird-and-flower scene, 15.2cm (6in) high; each vase unsigned. (3).