A PAIR OF PRESENTATION BRONZE VASES TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED AND SEALED SHIUN (ICHIOKA SHIUN; 1879-?)

Each of tapering ovid form with flared short neck, finely hammered in low and high relief with mountain landscape, applied with patina simulating iron, each with carved inscription Kitashirakawa no miya denka gokashikin kinen (Commemoration on receiving imperial gift to Kitashirakawa Family); signature and seal to the each body
125⁄8 in. (32.1 cm.) high each
With hard wood stands and original wood box, titled, signed Ichioka Shiun saku and sealed Shiun

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Provenance
Kitashirakawa Family