Two cloisonné-enamel vases One vase by Ota Toshiro (active ca. 1868-1940), both vases Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century The first a rectangular tomei jippo cloisonné-enamel vase, engraved on a silver substrate with a dragon emerging from crashing waves against a hammered stippled ground covered in transparent red enamel, the rims silvered metal, signed on the base Ota within a koro-shape reserve, 25.5cm (10in) high; the second a hexagonal tsuiki-jippo enamel vase decorated with overlapping open and closed fans enclosing different designs enamelled in transparent green, orange, pale blue, and purple on a midnight-blue ground, signed on the base with an unidentified mark, 25cm (9 7/8in) high; with an inscribed wood storage box. (3).