A SILVER-MOUNTED, GOLD-LACQUER, AND SHIBAYAMA-INLAID FOUR-SIDED VASEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe gold-lacquered body inset with four lobedkinji lacquer panels edged in silver, each depicting a different bird among the corresponding seasonal plants and flowers, two panels showing an elaborate ikebana display, each panel executed in Shibayama-style encrustations reserved on a gold-lacquered ground embellished with stylised peony heads interwoven among scrollingkarakusa lacquered in goldhiramaki-e, the waisted neck decorated with different foliate roundels beneath a narrow band of auspicious motifs, the narrow sides of the vase embellished withGyobu nashiji, the base ofe-nashiji;unsigned.23.2cm (9 1/8in) high.