A Japanese cloisonné enamel vase by Hayashi Tanigoro (active c. 1895-1935)

The finely enamalled vase, with a silver rim and silver base, decorated to the exterior depicting two wagtails standing besides a budding pine branches, the rim with a plum blossom band and the foot with a bamboo border representing shochikubai (Three friends of Winter), the base bearing a seal mark of Hayashi Tani[goro]

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Dimensions: 24.5cm high

Please note that there is an identical pair of vases housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession no. FE.7:1, 2-2011