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AN INLAID BRONZE VASE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The large vase of bottle form with attenuated, cylindrical neck inlaid in iron and silver with two large, confronted phoenixes reserved on a ground of inlaid silver billowing clouds below a collar of flower sprays, also inlaid in silver, the collar inlaid in copper, silver and gilt with large flower sprays between bands of formal leaf or foliate decoration, bronze patina yellowish brown- 20 3/8 in. (51.7 cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The large vase of bottle form with attenuated, cylindrical neck inlaid in iron and silver with two large, confronted phoenixes reserved on a ground of inlaid silver billowing clouds below a collar of flower sprays, also inlaid in silver, the collar inlaid in copper, silver and gilt with large flower sprays between bands of formal leaf or foliate decoration, bronze patina yellowish brown- 20 3/8 in. (51.7 cm.) high