Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The globular vase with a stepped rim and set on a splayed foot, worked in silver wire and colored enamels with a flock of sparrows against a black ground, the rim decorated with futatsu-domoe (comma motifs) on a band of key frets and the foot with floral lappets 6 1/4in (15.9cm) high