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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SEALED MORIGUCHI
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A pair of inlaid-iron vases
Meiji period (late 19th century), sealed Moriguchi
The vases of baluster form on stepped bases with three bracket feet, worked in gold and silver nunomezogan and hirazogan, each with a large shaped panel with scenes of a ferry crossing a river with passengers, on the other vase a passenger awaits the boat on shore, an overlapping fan-shaped panel with birds and dense foliage, a band of rolling drip pattern to the shoulder with inlaid grapevines, the lip with gilt fretwork; sealed on side
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high (2)
Meiji period (late 19th century), sealed Moriguchi
The vases of baluster form on stepped bases with three bracket feet, worked in gold and silver nunomezogan and hirazogan, each with a large shaped panel with scenes of a ferry crossing a river with passengers, on the other vase a passenger awaits the boat on shore, an overlapping fan-shaped panel with birds and dense foliage, a band of rolling drip pattern to the shoulder with inlaid grapevines, the lip with gilt fretwork; sealed on side
5 1/8in. (13cm.) high (2)
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.