A SILVER VASE of filigree work, the spherical body with a long neck decorated in coloured shippo and gilt depicting insects and flowers, two bands of shippo to the shoulder and the neck in gold wire with flowers and foliage, the handles and the four shaped feet similarly ornamented with gold wire and shippo (slight old damage), signed on a metal tablet Asada sei, late 19th century

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A SILVER VASE of filigree work, the spherical body with a long neck decorated in coloured shippo and gilt depicting insects and flowers, two bands of shippo to the shoulder and the neck in gold wire with flowers and foliage, the handles and the four shaped feet similarly ornamented with gold wire and shippo (slight old damage), signed on a metal tablet Asada sei, late 19th century
26cm. high

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