OTA TOSHIRO (1869-1940) A Pair of Cloisonné-Enamel Tall Baluster Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century (2)OTA TOSHIRO (1869-1940)A Pair of Cloisonné-Enamel Tall Baluster Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely worked in silver wire on a speckled dark brown ground, the body with large slate grey and seafoam green panels enclosing bird-and-flower scenes, the large panels separated by smaller blue lobed panels enclosing butterflies on a karakusa ('Chinese grasses') ground and black and amber aventurine-flecked ground shields enclosing stylised dragons and ho-o birds; the neck with speckled pale-pink lobed panels with floral arabesques and bisected by a brown geometric band, the foot decorated with dense karakusa on a speckled yellow and brown ground; each vase signed on the base with two impressed characters Ota within a koro-shaped seal. Each vase: 38.7cm (15¼in) high. (2).None