A JAPANESE CLOISONNE TRAY WITH BIRDS

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE TRAY WITH BIRDS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated with two birds rendered in colourful enamels on a blue-green musen ground, one flying and the other perched on a flowering branch of prunus, framed by a border of spirals and floral designs; the reverse with leafy tendrils and a central medallion enclosing a butterfly and peonies, 25.6cm x 31.2cm.