A Japanese bronze flaring quatrefoil vase

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A Japanese bronze flaring quatrefoil vase
with lobed body and angular handles, decorated in relief with a writhing dragon to the mid-section resting on an everted rim decorated with swaztika motifs, all on a ground reserved with lappets, taotie masks and archaic motifs -- 16¼in. (41.2cm.) high, (dragon with one claw missing, old wear).See Illustration.

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