School of Hayashi Kodenji, Nagoya, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century The midnight-blue ground worked in silver wire of varying gauges with a continuous scene depicting a large flock of doves, four foraging for food on the ground, the majority flying overhead, the shoulder with a wide band of stylized chrysanthemums and scrolls on a brown ground, the neck and foot with repeated foliate and geometric motifs; unsigned. 27cm (10 5/8in) high.