HAYASHI TANIGORO OF NAGOYA Six Matching Cloisonné-Enamel Chawan (Tea Bowls) and Covers Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century (12)HAYASHI TANIGORO OF NAGOYASix Matching Cloisonné-Enamel Chawan (Tea Bowls) and Covers Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th centuryEach bowl intricately worked in gold wire of varying gauge with stylised motifs of butterflies and exotic long-tailed birds hovering amongst floral sprays and maple leaves, the covers similarly embellished, all reserved on a peach ground, the rims and feet applied in silver; each bowl signed on the base in silver wire with seal Hayashi Tani. Each tea bowl: 8.2cm x 12cm (3¼in x 4¾in). (12).A pair of identical covered bowls by the artist, in the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum in Kyoto, is illustrated in the exh. cat., published by the Sano Museum in Shizuoka Prefecture, Kindai kogei no hana: Meiji no shippo, 2008, p.34, pl.39.