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A pair of Japanese bronze tapering oviform vases
with foliate rim, decorated with a panel of Kannon among breaking waves, the other with a kneeling warrior holding a fan among rockwork, the reverses with panels of birds in flight above lotus, each panel below an oni peering over the edge, interspersed with cartouches of confronting stylised dragons, all on geometric ground -- 15¾.in (40cm) high, sealmarks. (2)
with foliate rim, decorated with a panel of Kannon among breaking waves, the other with a kneeling warrior holding a fan among rockwork, the reverses with panels of birds in flight above lotus, each panel below an oni peering over the edge, interspersed with cartouches of confronting stylised dragons, all on geometric ground -- 15¾.in (40cm) high, sealmarks. (2)