By Gassan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Each vase with an ivory body decorated in typical Shibayama style with an identical mirror image of an exotic bird perched on flowering branches of cherry on one side and a shrub of flowering chrysanthemums on the reverse, the shoulder and foot of silver inlaid with formal scrolling foliage in coloured enamels, the shoulder mounted on each side with a dragon handle; signed on the base Gassan within a rectangular gilt reserve. Each vase: 17.2cm (6¾in) high. (2).