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        AN INLAID BRONZE BALUSTER VASE, COVER AND STAND     A MIXED-METAL BALUSTER VASE
        Meiji Period                                        Hattori Company mark, Meiji Period
        The baluster body raised on a separate circular stepped base and   The tapering vase worked with a central low relief band with three-
        inset with two lobed panels, decorated in iroe takazogan with an   clawed dragons writhing amongst waves, with a floral border above
        archer and a samurai on one side and a cockerel and hen beside   and a meander with birds below.
        stems of flowering kiku on the other, all reserved on a ground of   21cm (8 1/4in) high
        engraved archaic motifs, the sides applied with two dragon handles,
        the cover surmounted by a finial in the form of a flautist.   £1,500 - 2,000
        64cm (25 3/16in) high (3).                          CNY13,000 - 18,000
                                                            HK$16,000 - 22,000
        £1,000 - 1,500
        CNY8,800 - 13,000
        HK$11,000 - 16,000





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