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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A Pair of Bronze Vases
SIGNED IWASHIRO MITSUMORI ZO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Pair of Bronze Vases
Signed Iwashiro Mitsumori zo, Meiji period (late 19th century)
Each decorated in nunomezogan, engraved, carved and inlaid in gilt on a patinated ground; one with a Chinese scholar and his servant beside a waterfall, the reverse with Hantaka releasing a dragon from his iron bowl; the other with a rural scene with thatched huts, the reverse with Shiubaka Sonja on a tiger, each with handles in the form of karashishi heads
Each 22cm. high (2)
Signed Iwashiro Mitsumori zo, Meiji period (late 19th century)
Each decorated in nunomezogan, engraved, carved and inlaid in gilt on a patinated ground; one with a Chinese scholar and his servant beside a waterfall, the reverse with Hantaka releasing a dragon from his iron bowl; the other with a rural scene with thatched huts, the reverse with Shiubaka Sonja on a tiger, each with handles in the form of karashishi heads
Each 22cm. high (2)