A pair of inlaid silver presentation ovoid vases
By Ippo for the Kobayashi Watch Company, Meiji Period
Each vase engraved in katakiri-bori and kebori, with a matching design of a large butterfly hovering over chrysanthemums growing from behind a latticed bamboo fence, the stamens of the large spider kiku inlaid in gold honzogan, the shoulder engraved with a large single stylised kiku-mon, signed with chiselled signature Ippo koku with gold seal, the base stamped Kobayashi Tokeiten Bijutsubu sei (Made by the Art Department of the Kobayashi Watch Company); with two separate wood stands and a wood storage box. Both vases 30.7cm (12in) high. (5).
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菊竹垣に蝶図銀花瓶　一対　一峯作（小林時計店製）　明治時代