SIGNED HONDA ZO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

The style of decoration on this vase is believed to be influenced by the large collection of art treasures housed at the Shosoin, the 8th century Imperial storehouse at Nara. For a similar example see Joe Earle, Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection, (London, 2002), p.293