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SIGNED DAI NIHON TOKYO SAITO ZENBEI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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AN IMPRESSIVE BRONZE VASE
Signed Dai Nihon Tokyo Saito Zenbei, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Of tall rectangular form with rounded corners with yellowish-brown patination, with an integral stand with four feet, karashishi heads as handles, the decoration in silver, gold, shibuichi, shakudo and copper, the main panels depicting two bijin with floral robes beside a flowering cherry tree, the reverse with a pine tree and a terrace through which there is a window with shadows of bijin playing musical instruments, the window opens to reveal a man dancing with fans, the other two opposing sides decorated with cranes in silver beside reeds, kiku and irises, the flattened corners decorated with flowering gourds, grapes, and morning glories, the shoulders decorated with geometric patterns, the neck with floral designs, signed on the base Dai Nihon Tokyo Saito Zenbei
34.8cm. high
Signed Dai Nihon Tokyo Saito Zenbei, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Of tall rectangular form with rounded corners with yellowish-brown patination, with an integral stand with four feet, karashishi heads as handles, the decoration in silver, gold, shibuichi, shakudo and copper, the main panels depicting two bijin with floral robes beside a flowering cherry tree, the reverse with a pine tree and a terrace through which there is a window with shadows of bijin playing musical instruments, the window opens to reveal a man dancing with fans, the other two opposing sides decorated with cranes in silver beside reeds, kiku and irises, the flattened corners decorated with flowering gourds, grapes, and morning glories, the shoulders decorated with geometric patterns, the neck with floral designs, signed on the base Dai Nihon Tokyo Saito Zenbei
34.8cm. high