A Pair of Midnight Blue Ground Cloisonné Vases ATTRIBUTED TO THE OTA WORKSHOP, LATE 19TH CENTURY each of baluster form, painted with shaped openings, one enclosing a pheasant perched on rockery underneath flowering prunus trees, the other showing birds landing onto bamboo, above blooming chrysanthemums; divided by cicada blade-form panels filled with flying phoenix birds,bearing a mark in the shape of a vessel, incised Ota, 太田. Height of each 9 7/8 in., 25 cm. Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico Christie's (according to label)