By Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927) of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), 1880-1900 Finely worked in silver and gilt wire and decorated in the centre with two stylised polychrome hovering butterflies encircled by aassorted chrysanthemums, the underside similarly embellished with a border of chrysanthemums, all reserved on a lustrous black ground, applied with a silver foot and rim; the base signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa. 12.2cm (4¾in) diam.