A CLOISONNÉ-ENAMEL BALUSTER VASEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryFinely worked in gold and silver wire of varying gauge with overlapping closed and openogi (folding fans), each decorated with a different-coloured ground enclosing seasonalkacho-ga (bird-and-flower scenes) scattered over a midnight-blue ground, the neck and foot encircled with a wide swirling simulated brocade enclosing repeated chrysanthemums interwoven amongkarakusa ('Chinese grasses');unsigned.16cm (6¼in) high.