Attributed to Hayashi Kihyoe for the Ando Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Finely worked in silver wire of varying gauge, decorated with an eagle perched on a wave-lashed rock, its wings outstretched, preparing for flight as it spies a pair of chidori (plovers or dotterels) flying past, reserved on a lime-green ground, the rim with cherry blossoms on a tight whorl-patterned ground; unsigned. 18.2cm (7 1/8in) high.