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A pair of large Japanese bronze vases, 19th century
With globular bodies and elongated necks and everted feet, each cast with figures in a rocky landscape, a waterfall and bird of prey, the neck with dragons amidst clouds, a band of triangular lappetts styled as dragons along the rim beneath a keyfret pattern, the foot with a band of geometric design, inscribed Nippon Totoju Seifusaichu, with conforming ebonised wood stands
60in. (153cm.) high, excluding stands (2)
With globular bodies and elongated necks and everted feet, each cast with figures in a rocky landscape, a waterfall and bird of prey, the neck with dragons amidst clouds, a band of triangular lappetts styled as dragons along the rim beneath a keyfret pattern, the foot with a band of geometric design, inscribed Nippon Totoju Seifusaichu, with conforming ebonised wood stands
60in. (153cm.) high, excluding stands (2)