Property frꦰom the John and Muriel Okladek Collection

A cloisonné enamel vase

Mark of Ota (Ota Tameshiro) inside an incense burner 

Meiji period, late 19^th century

the rounded rectangular tapering vase with everted neck, shakudo, oxidised silver and gilt-copper mounts, with four alternating panels all decorated in coloured enamels and worked in silver wire, depicting a hawk in a maple tree, sparrows hovering beneath cherry blossom, doves by wisteria and sparrows among plum blossom, the shoulder with lappets containing stylised butterflies, sealed Ota inside an incense burner mark

24 cm., 9½ in. high