Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Each worked in silver wire of varying gauge with sparrows in flight among flowering cherry blossoms reserved on a midnight-blue ground, the neck and foot with a narrow band of repeated foliate motifs, the shoulder encircled by a simulated swirling brocade decorated with stylised flower heads interwoven among karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); each vase unsigned. Each vase: 3.5cm (9in) high. (2).