A pair of Japanese gold lacquer vases with high feet and flaring rims, decorated in hiramakie and takamakie and onlaid in stained ivory on fundame grounds with shaped panels of a kingfisher and other birds beside magnolia, maple and tree peony, the ground and shoulder decorated in red, green and black lacquer with roundels of stylised flowerheads and geometric pattern (old wear, some inlay missing, minor chips) -- 9¾in.high.