A pair of moriage cloisonné-enamel vases Taisho era (1912-1926), circa 1920 Of cylindrical form tapering to the foot and with an everted mouth, each worked in standard and musen ("wireless") techniques in silver wires with butterflies and lillies in varying shades of purple, green, light brown and white, the flower petals and the insects raised in moriage (relief), all against a deep mauve ground, the rims silver 14 3/4in (34.5cm) high