A cloisonné enamel vase and cover 

Meiji period, late 19^th century 

the oviform vase with three prunt𓆉 free and slightly💧 domed cover with silver gilt liner, decorated in coloured cloisonné enamels and worked in various thicknesses of silver and copper wire, with applied lobed panels depicting wisteria, a crane among irises, and plum blossom, interspersed on a fine silver wire scrollwork ground, the cover with two applied enamel butterflies 

9 cm., 3½ diam.