By Namikawa Sosuke (1847-1910), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 1880s-1890s Worked entirely in musen (wireless) enamels with a linear design of bearded purple irises on a graduated pale grey ground within a shakudo rim, the reverse worked in gilt wire enamel with numerous densely patterned cherry blossoms in pale brown on a dark plum-coloured ground; signed in silver wire with a single character Sakigake (the seal of Namikawa Sosuke). 28.8cm x 28.8cm (11¼in x 11¼in).