A pair of Japanese oviform bronze vases

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A pair of Japanese oviform bronze vases
decorated in gold and silver inlay with the bands of various pattern to the necks and feet, birds and pine within each panels on foliage grounds -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; a Japanese miniature bronze tripod censer and domed cover with a shishi finial, similarly decorated -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high, both signed Kyoto Okuda sei; a bronze baluster vase with three feet and stand, carved with birds in flight before trees within each panels -- 6in. (17.1cm.) high; and a bronze censer and domed cover pierced with clouds with a kilin finial, the handles formed as a dragon's head with rings, the feet modelled as flowers and shishi, the body carved with ho-o birds on foliage and geometric pattern ground -- 7. (19cm.) high, all 19th Century. (5)
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The first three items in this lot are soft metal.

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