A Pair of Bronze Vases
A Pair of Bronze Vases

SIGNED SHIBUYA ZO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Pair of Bronze Vases
Signed Shibuya zo, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Carved in low relief and inlaid in gold, silver, shibuichi and shakudo with birds hovering among cherry blossom and magnolia, many of the blossoms falling towards the base of the vases around which is entwined flower spray and foliage
29cm. high (2)

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