A JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE BY HAYASHI KODENJI (1831-1915)

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE VASE BY HAYASHI KODENJI (1831-1915)

MEIJI ERA, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The tall baluster body decorated with two sparrows in flight on a deep midnight-blue ground, with sprays of flowering daisies and bamboo beside them, the reverse with further bamboo branches, with bands of lappets enclosing formal designs above the foot and below the rim, with silver mounts, the base signed with the lozenge mark of Hayashi Kodenji rendered in silver wire, 24.5cm.