A group of three cloisonné-enamel vases


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryComprising a baluster vase with a flaring neck decorated in silver wires and polychrome enamels on an aventurine ground with a coiling dragon, the neck decorated with cherry blossoms above a floral garland and the foot with stylized floral roundels, gilt-metal mounts; a pair of bottle vases worked in silver wire and colored enamels with coiling dragons on a dark-blue ground, the foot with stylized blossoms and the neck with chrysanthemum scroll 7 1/4in (18.4cm) high, the largest