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JOMI EISUKE LINEAGE TWO INLAID BRONZE BOXES
A Pair of Inlaid Bronze Vases Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Each box worked in silver, bronze and gilt high relief, the first, a
Each vase decorated in high relief gold, silver, shakudo, copper and rounded rectangular box decorated with a torii bridge and pine grove
bronze inlay, depicting a bird flying among blooming seasonal plants in the foreground, two sailing boats in the distance, signed with
and flowers issuing from behind a simulated latticed fence, forming a chiselled signature on the underside Kyoto Kuroda tsukuru, 2.5cm x
matching design, one vase with a shijukara (titmouse) and dragonfly 7.6cm x 10.4cm (1in x 3in x 4 1/8in); the second rounded rectangular
hovering over obana (pampas grass), hagi (bush clover), yamazakura and decorated with two egrets wading among kohone (Asian water-lily)
(mountain cherry) and nanohana (carola flower), the second vase with and igusa (soft rush) beneath the crescent moon unsigned;
a cuckoo in flight among kiku (chrysanthemums), botan (peonies) 3.1cm x 9cm (1¼in x 3½in). (3).
and sakuraso (primrose), details carved on the surface in raised and
sunken relief, the neck of both vases encircled with animals, birds, £1,000 - 1,500
and auspicious and foliate motifs similarly inlaid in silver, bronze and JPY190,000 - 290,000
shakudo low relief within a silver-outlined petalled border, all reserved US$1,300 - 2,000
on a reddish-brown patina; each vase signed in seal form on the base
Jomi sei. Each vase: 13.7cm (5 3/8in) high. (2).
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY390,000 - 580,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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