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BRONze & clOISONNé 41
A BRONze VASe
37 Meiji era
A BRONze MOdel OF AN eAgle Of ovoid form decorated in low relief with a dragon half hidden
By Ryukoh, Meiji era amongst swirling clouds.
The bird of prey upon a rocky clifftop with waves below, the wings 30.5cm high
outstretched and preparing for flight, his neck lowered and his eyes
downcast, signed in a gilt-highlighted oval reserve. £250 - 300
43.5cm high and 47.5cm wide
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£500 - 700 A cAST-IRON TeTSuBIN wITH BRONze cOVeR
By Ryubundo Co., Meiji era
38 Cast in globular form with a stepped rim, the body finished in a rough
A PAIR OF SIlVeR-INlAId BRONze VASeS FOR IkeBANA ishime (stone-texture) surface and decorated to each side with a shishi
Meiji era, 19th century and peony in relief, the bronze lid applied with stylised flower finial and
Each with attached flat usabata rim inlaid with foliate branches, the signed on the underside Ryubundo zo.
rounded square-section body with two opposing panels of butterflies 21cm high with handle raised (2).
over tree fern and butterflies and bamboo, the sides with detachable
handles and further inlays of fruiting gourd vine, all upon integral £400 - 600
stepped circular bases with further bands of inlay.
31.5cm high 43
A PAIR OF BRONze VASeS
£400 - 600 Meiji era
The oviform bodies cast in relief with design of birds amongst
39 flowering prunus, with a pair of applied dragon handles.
A BRONze BAluSTeR VASe 22.2cm high (2).
Meiji era
The flaring neck with twin pierced dragon handles, the body with £150 - 200
roundels in relief depicting oni above lower formal registers and raised
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on four applied dragon feet. 44
34.5cm high A lARge BRONze elePHANT
By Genryusai Seiya, Meiji era
£200 - 300 The modelled on all fours in a striding pose with trunk raised, tusks in
real ivory, signed beneath.
40 26cm high and with a wood stand (2).
AN SIlVeR-INlAId BRONze VASe FOR IkeBANA
Meiji era, late 19th century £300 - 500
The handled urn-shaped vessel decorated with pine trees before
Mount Fuji, lacking its original flat usubata rim and upon separate base
section on three incurving-supports, maker mark.
22.5cm high
£200 - 300
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART | 11