AN INLAID SILVER AND ENAMELLED BALUSTER VASEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe body hammered, chased, and inlaid in silver high relief and heavy repoussé enamels with a continuous scene depicting two egrets wading in an iris pond, one with a fish in its beak, beneath a mass of trailing wisteria extending from the neck, the circular lobed foot rendered in silver and translucent enamels with stylised foliate motifs, signed on one side with chiselled charactersMikuwa saku with the logo of the retailer, a turtle within a triangular reserve engraved on the base.21cm (8¼in) high.