A pair of Japanese gilt-bronze tapering oviform vases

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A pair of Japanese gilt-bronze tapering oviform vases
with flaring neck, decorated in iroe hirazogan and takazogan with birds among flowering chrysanthemums, peonies and daisies tied to bamboo canes below a band of stylised flowers to the necks -- 9¼.in (24.1cm) high, signed Inoue, (slight old wear and minor dents).
See Colour Plate. (2)

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