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

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

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The baluster body embellished with a continuous design of many flower sprays including chrysanthemum, peonies, daisies, dandelions, a maple tree and many other plants, a small stream meandering amongst the vegetation, all rendered in silver and gold wires on the dark midnight-blue ground; with bands of formal designs above the foot and to the neck including paulownia mon, the rims with silver mounts and the base marked Aichi Hayashi saku with the stamped lozenge seal of Hayashi Kodenji, 18.2cm.