A Pair of Bronze Vases
A Pair of Bronze Vases

ATTRIBUTED TO THE CHOKICHI WORKSHOP, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Pair of Bronze Vases
Attributed to the Chokichi Workshop, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Cast in high relief, carved, engraved, stippled and finely inlaid in gold and richly coloured patinated metals with an owl in the branches of a pine tree entwined with vine, its bark delineated in fine chisel work, and birds swooping beneath further pine branches and vine
18.5cm. high (2)

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