A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES
A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES
ONE VASE SIGNED ON AN INLAID GILT PLACQUE SHOROSHI MORYU, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Each vase decorated in high relief with applied birds and butterflies amongst chrysanthemum flowers and foliage, some details incised and inlaid in gilt, copper and shakudo, the necks with stylised motifs
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from La Vieille Fontaine Antiquités, Lausanne, 1986.
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE VASES
ONE VASE SIGNED ON AN INLAID GILT PLACQUE SHOROSHI MORYU, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Each vase decorated in high relief with applied birds and butterflies amongst chrysanthemum flowers and foliage, some details incised and inlaid in gilt, copper and shakudo, the necks with stylised motifs
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from La Vieille Fontaine Antiquités, Lausanne, 1986.