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A Pair of Iron Vases
Nogawa Mark, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
The upper and lower part inlaid in silver with various geometric designs interspersed with roundles of gold nunomezogan depicting various floral and rural scenes with a central band of copper intricately inlaid in silver and gold with owls in branches of cherry blossom, one eating a mantis
17cm. high (2)

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