A Pair of Large Japanese Presentation Cloisonné Vases MARK OF ANDO JUBEI STUDIO, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY each with the baluster body rising to slightly sloping shoulders and a flared mouth, the main panel finely worked in silver wire and colored enamels against a wireless cloisonné ground, one vase depicting Nagoya Castle, the other showing a soldier guarding the entrance of the Third Divisional Barracks in Nagoya, with an inscription "Third Divisional Field Artillery", silver mounts, the underside bearing an Ando Jubei studio mark, raised on a fitted hardwood stand, with original box. Height of each 14 1/2 in., 36.8 cm. Property from a Private Chicago Collection Provenance: Presented Taisho 6 [June 1917] by the Third Divisional Commander and Officers Christie s, Geneva, The Avo Krikorian Collection: Innovation and Inspiration of Meiji Period Design, 18-19 February 2007, Lot 205