Japanese cloisonné vase signed Kinunken Inaba Studio Meiji period

Japanese cloisonné enamel vase worked in silver and gilt wire with sparrows perched on cherry blossom branches in bloom on a dark blue ground, the neck with paulownia flowers and foot with floral scrolls, applied with silver mounts, signed in a silver square plaque Kin'unken zo 錦雲軒造 (Inaba Nanaho Studio-Kyoto), Meiji period 1868-1912.

Inaba Nanaho 稲葉七穂 under the leadership of Ozaki Kyubei was the second most important studio in Kyoto founded in 1871 using the trade name Kinunken meaning "brocade-cloud-company". During the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) periods, they were awarded medals at many expositions in Vienna 1873, Paris 1878, New Orleans 1884, St. Louis 1904.

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