OTA TOSHIRO (1869-1940)A Cloisonné-Enamel Four-Sided VaseMeiji era (1868-1912), early 20th centuryThe faceted vase with an elongated body and worked in gilt and silver wire and polychrome enamel with four elaborate lobed panels containing a different flower-and-bird of the seasonsprising: (1) A peacock perched on a rock issuing with peonies; (2) A wagtail in flight among flowering chrysanthemums; (3) A pheasant standing on a rocky ledge beneath branches of maple; (4) A pair of swallows flying beneath trailing wisteria; the neck, shoulder and foot adorned with closely clustered repeated geometric,hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crests) andpo-tsunagi (linked-cash) and tight whorl patterns; signed on the base with two impressed charactersOta within akoro-shaped seal.24.7cm (9¾in) high.