A massive bronze urn and cover

Japanese Art
A massive bronze urn and cover
By Hasegawa Harusada (1800-1883)
The urn shaped vessel decorated with cranes in flight through clouds and above waves with applied dragon handles and set upon a separate base section modelled as rockwork with a pair of karako (Chinese boys) and a urn, the cover also modelled as rockwork and further surmounted by two further karako, signature beneath main urn.
104cm high.