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SIGNED YUKIKAZU, LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1850-90)
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A BRONZE VASE IN MOMOZOKO FORM
Signed Yukikazu, Late Edo/Early Meiji Period (Circa 1850-90)
With pale yellow-brown patination, in the traditional momozoko form used for displaying a single flower, modified by the addition of a short base rising from an angled foot-ring, the body finely decorated in gold, silver and copper with a three-clawed dragon, the long neck decorated just below the mouth with a cast band of cloud patterns, signed in incised cursive characters on the body below the dragon's tail Yukikazu with a kao, and in engraved seal characters on a silver plaque on the slightly recessed base Hirokore
11¼in. (11.7cm.) high
Signed Yukikazu, Late Edo/Early Meiji Period (Circa 1850-90)
With pale yellow-brown patination, in the traditional momozoko form used for displaying a single flower, modified by the addition of a short base rising from an angled foot-ring, the body finely decorated in gold, silver and copper with a three-clawed dragon, the long neck decorated just below the mouth with a cast band of cloud patterns, signed in incised cursive characters on the body below the dragon's tail Yukikazu with a kao, and in engraved seal characters on a silver plaque on the slightly recessed base Hirokore
11¼in. (11.7cm.) high
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