A Bronze Vase
A Bronze Vase

INLAID GOLD NOGAWA MARK, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Bronze Vase
Inlaid gold Nogawa Mark, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Carved and inlaid in high and low relief in gold, silver and shakudo with a deep reddish-brown patination and a central band depicting wasps beside a nest and spiders among leaves, flowers and scrolling foliage to the shoulder and ho-o birds in roundels to the lower body
20cm. high

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