A JAPANESE VASE AND COVER WITH A PROCESSION OF INSECTS

A JAPANESE VASE AND COVER WITH A PROCESSION OF INSECTS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated in polychrome enamels and gilt with a continuous scene of many grasshoppers and other insects carrying flowers as weapons or insignia; the lid with butterflies; signed Nihon Yokohama Imura sei, for Hikojirō (Hikotaru) Imura, 20cm. (2)