An Inlaid-Bronze Vase
An Inlaid-Bronze Vase

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE NAKAGAWA KYUSEI JOEKI ZO KANREKI KORE (MADE BY NAKAGAWA JOEKI IX, AGE 60)

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An Inlaid-Bronze Vase
Meiji Period (late 19th Century), with signature Nakagawa Kyusei Joeki zo kanreki kore (made by Nakagawa Joeki IX, age 60)
Cast as Hotei's treasure bag finished with a red patina and decorated with the attributes of the Seven Household Gods hammered and chiselled and inlaid in gold, silver, copper and shakudo
95/8in. (24.5cm.)high
With a wood storage box inscribed on the lid Sodo fukuro gata kaki hosho kingin zogan (Treasure-bag form vase, magic treasure design in gold and silver inlay) and signed Nakagawa kyusei Joeki zo (made by Nakagawa Joeki IX) and sealed kyudai Jeoki (Joeki IX)