Three small finely-decorated Japanese cloisonné cabinet vases Meiji period,...

Three small finely-decorated Japanese cloisonné cabinet vases

Meiji period, late 19th/early 20th century

All on deep midnight blue ground, comprising: Two ovoid vases with silver wire, the first with iris, wisteria and swallows, underside with stamped maker's mark "yama/zan"; the second with flowering prunus, asters and sparrows; the third of squared vasiform, very finely-decorated in silver wire with maple and flowering cherry, sparrows in gold wire.

H: 6 1/2 in. (tallest)

PROVENANCE:

Property from the collection of Duane Lease