A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL VASE WITH FLORAL DECORATION, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

h cm 23

Of elongated ovoid form, with rounded shoulders and a short tapering neck, decorated against a pale aqua-green ground with a naturalistic composition of flowering thistles, buds and serrated leaves, among which a dragonfly is depicted in flight with outstretched wings.