Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Of baluster form with a stepped shoulder and worked in gold and silver wires, polychrome enamels and aventurine with shaped panels containing a kingfisher and herons by lotus blossoms and irises against a mustard ground, and sparrows in blossom prunus and narcissus against a mottled green ground, the remaining areas of the body decorated with scrolling vines and peonies, the shoulder and neck with dragon roundels and clouds, the rims gilt-metal 10in (25.5cm) high