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A Japanese Bronze Model of an Eagle, its wings spread as it lands on an irregularly shaped
rock, cast with a foundry mark and the modeller’s name together with a gilt inscription,
height 45cms, Meiji Period

£200-300

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Three amusing Japanese bronze models of Geese, with light brown graduated patina, one 30cm high and two 20cm high (3)

£300-500

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A Japanese Bronze Vase of tapering ovoid form rising to a short neck with rolled rim,
decorated in silver and black patination and iroe hira-zogan with Cranes by a pine tree
with a cloud-shrouded Fujiyama in the distance, incised with the artists name and kao,
the base with a lengthy manufacturer’s inscription, height 30cms, Meiji-Taisho Era; with
copper liner

£200-300
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A Japanese gilt-bronze kongorei (ritual bell), Edo period, dated 1700, of the gokorei An Unusual Japanese Basket, the double-walled receptacle of annular form woven from fine strips of bamboo, either side with a ring handle, incised
type with five prongs cast to the top, the bell surface with raised horizontal bands below to the base with a signature, diameter 27.5cms, 20th Century; A Japanese Ikebana Basket of compressed oval form resting on a splayed foot and
a lotus pedestal for the handle centered by kimoku (demons’ eyes) bracketed, by bands rising to an overhead handle, the sides woven with three registers of design and embellished with branches of bamboo, height 36cms, 20th Century;
of lotus petals, 21.5cm high And Another Woven Bamboo Basket, the square base rising to a bulbous body and circular mouth with a triple strand overhead handle, incised to
the base Koishi, height 41cms, 20th Century; with bamboo inner container (3)
£200-300
£200-300
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