Two silver vessels


Meiji or Taisho era, early 20th centuryComprising a square box, the hinged cover decorated in high relief with carp leaping over turbulent waters, the sides carved with stalks of irises, the interior lined in plain wood, stamped on the base Nihon Tokyo Kobayashi seizo (made by Kobayashi, Tokyo, Japan) under a lozenge mark and above the inscription Jitsuyo shinan sanbyakuyonjuroku (utility model registration 346), 6.5cm x 9.5cm x 11cm; the second a pear-shaped vase decorated in gilt flat inlay with a sixteen-petal imperial crest on the body, stamped on the base jungin (Pure silver).20cm high (2).