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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), WITH CAST SIGNATURE SEIHO CHU (CAST BY SEIHO),
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                                            A MASSIVE BRONZE JARDINIERE, 
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), WITH CAST SIGNATURE SEIHO CHU (CAST BY SEIHO),
set on a high splayed foot, the body decorated with separately-cast shaped panels of birds and flowers, fighting cocks and monkeys, the surrounding areas carved with chrysanthemums and lion-head bosses with ring handles below a band of lappets, with separtely-cast drangon handles
22½in. (57.2cm.) high; 21 5/8in.(54.9cm.) diameter
                                        
                                    MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), WITH CAST SIGNATURE SEIHO CHU (CAST BY SEIHO),
set on a high splayed foot, the body decorated with separately-cast shaped panels of birds and flowers, fighting cocks and monkeys, the surrounding areas carved with chrysanthemums and lion-head bosses with ring handles below a band of lappets, with separtely-cast drangon handles
22½in. (57.2cm.) high; 21 5/8in.(54.9cm.) diameter