A fine cloisonné-enamel sake ewer Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Of shallow ovoid form on short tripod feet, with a tall loop handle and tapered spout, all worked in gold and silver wire and polychrome enamels with shaped interlocking roundels containing phoenixes and dragons on a light blue or black ground worked in tight spiral cloisons, the edge decorated with a band of repeated floral lozenges above chrysanthemum scrolls, the area surrounding the cover with cherry florets, the inset circular cover decorated with scattered blossoms and fitted with a chrysanthemum finial, the handle with a continuation of the scattered blossom design, the underside of the ewer decorated with chrysanthemum heads floating on a stream against a mustard-yellow ground, gilt-metal fittings 7in (17.7cm) wide