A Japanese Silver Vase, in the form of a koro, the globular body raised on three cylindrical legs and rising to a stepped mouth with domed cover bearing a knop in the form of a gilt chrysanthemum, the body decorated in relief and kebori with sparrows in flight through the branches of a cherry tree, a view of a boat on a river beyond, incised signature beneath .......koku tsukuru, height 12.5cms, Meiji-Taisho Era