A silver choshi (sake kettle) and a lacquered-bamboo warming vessel Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century The bulbous upper body of the sake kettle engraved in kebori with flowering plum and magnolia on one side and irises and peonies on the other, its lower cylindrical body unadorned, fitting snugly into the outer lacquered-bamboo vessel, decorated with a row of simulated repairs; unsigned. 16cm (6½in) high. (3).