A cloisonne vase Meiji period, late 19th century, of rounded square section, decorated in silver and gilt wire and polychrome enamels with a bird perched on a maple tree beside flowering plants at the base and on the reverse, all reserved on the black ground, silver mounts, the base marked Hyashi Kodenji and the silver foot rim stamped jungin, 16 cm high. Provenance: Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 29 July 2014, lot 82. Private collection, Sydney