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AN INlAId-BRONze VASe
Meiji era
The ovoid body decorated in bronze, gilt and shakudo high-relief inlay
with a large bird about to alight on a mass of windswept flowering
autumnal grasses, plants and flowers, the short waisted neck with
a band of formal designs and the foot with strewn maple leaves and
pine needles.
31cm high

£800 - 1,000
46
A TAll BRONze BAluSTeR VASe
By Hoshinsai, Meiji era
Decorated on the bronze body in chiselling and high-relief inlay of gilt,
copper and bronze with three implements associated with the bugaku
(traditional imperial music and dance performance), consisting of a
Ranryo-o mask, sho (vertical panpipes) and a tasselled bachi (stick);
signed on the reverse with chiselled characters Hoshinsai zo with
round seal.
38.5cm high
£600 - 800

47
A lARge ANd IMPReSSIVe BRONze VASe
By Yoshimasa, Meiji era
Of baluster form with foliate rim and cast and applied with continued
decoration with flag-iris, signed in an oval reserve.
47 45.5cm high
£400 - 600

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
12 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.