MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A PAIR OF LARGE BRONZE VASES
Meiji Period (19th Century)
The first vase with two shaped panels decorated in iroe hirazogan and takazogan, one with Chinese children playing, and the other with a crane flying over bamboos and flowers, the shoulder and rims with bands of Chinese archaic geometrical patterns and the neck with stylised ho-o birds and orchids inlaid in gold and silver, signed Hamano Yoshiyuki and kao and the other similarly decorated with the panels depicting Hotei and a karako and two cranes standing among bamboos and flowers, signed Watanabe Masayuki Kizamu and kao, some old wear
Each approx. 17¾in. (45cm.) high (2)
Meiji Period (19th Century)
The first vase with two shaped panels decorated in iroe hirazogan and takazogan, one with Chinese children playing, and the other with a crane flying over bamboos and flowers, the shoulder and rims with bands of Chinese archaic geometrical patterns and the neck with stylised ho-o birds and orchids inlaid in gold and silver, signed Hamano Yoshiyuki and kao and the other similarly decorated with the panels depicting Hotei and a karako and two cranes standing among bamboos and flowers, signed Watanabe Masayuki Kizamu and kao, some old wear
Each approx. 17¾in. (45cm.) high (2)