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For a vase with similar wave motifs at the shoulder, see Joe Earle, Flower Bronzes of Japan (London, 1995), plate 59
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SIGNED MASAAKI, LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1850-80)
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A GOOD BRONZE VASE WITH APPLIED DECORATION
Signed Masaaki, Late Edo/Early Meiji Period (Circa 1850-80)
With dark brown patination, the wide, low rounded hexagonal body rising from a short vertical footring, each of the six edges finishing in a stylised wave form curving over the shoulder which rises to a tall, narrow hexagonal neck finishing in an undercut vertical hexagonal rim with a cast keyfret pattern, the neck decorated with a separately-cast three-clawed dragon clasping a crystal ball in its left front foot, signed in cast seal characters on the slightly recessed base Masaaki no in [seal of Masaaki]
16¼in. (41.1cm.) high
Signed Masaaki, Late Edo/Early Meiji Period (Circa 1850-80)
With dark brown patination, the wide, low rounded hexagonal body rising from a short vertical footring, each of the six edges finishing in a stylised wave form curving over the shoulder which rises to a tall, narrow hexagonal neck finishing in an undercut vertical hexagonal rim with a cast keyfret pattern, the neck decorated with a separately-cast three-clawed dragon clasping a crystal ball in its left front foot, signed in cast seal characters on the slightly recessed base Masaaki no in [seal of Masaaki]
16¼in. (41.1cm.) high
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