A silver and cloisonné-enamel vase By Kin'unken of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

A silver and cloisonné-enamel vase

By Kin'unken of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

The openwork silver filigree oval body supported on a high foot inset with a rectangular, lobed panel on either side applied in low relief of coloured enamels, depicting on one side a
ho-o bird in flight and on the other a writhing dragon reserved on a ground of openwork silver filigree scrolls and daisies, the neck applied with two S-shaped silver handles, the neck encircled with wide bands of formal foliate motifs and vertical cloud formations, the foot with repeated stylised butterflies; signed on the base
Kin'unken tsukuru within a silver tablet.
20.2cm (8in) high.

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