A cloisonné-enamel large bowlBy Hayashi Kodenji, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Delicately worked in musen enamel with a continuous band of peony blossoms and foliage on a white ground, the interior decorated with the single Chinese character ju (longevity) outlined in silver wire within a square seal, the rim and foot of silver, signed on the footrim Jungin (Pure silver) and incised with the lozenge seal of Hayashi Kodenji, with a non-associated lacquered-wood handled cover; with a wood storage box. 12cm x 21.5cm (4¾in x 8½in). (3).