AN INLAID BRONZE VASE

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AN INLAID BRONZE VASE
SIGNED ISHIKAWA KEN KANAZAWA ODA YASUSADA AND DATED MEIJI 16 (1883) 12TH MONTH

Of baluster form with handles in the form of stylized phoenixes with wide mouth and galleried rim, worked in iroe hirazogan with autumn plants and grasses beside a meandering silver stream, the neck set with a gilt mon of the Oda family, the handles and rim also accented with gilt- 8 1/4 in. (20.9 cm.) high