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A PAIR OF INLAID-BRONZE MOON-FLASK-SHAPE VASES
By Kumagaya, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Each worked in silver, gold, bronze, shakudo and copper low-relief
inlay forming a matching pair, each vase with a raised oval panel
enclosing a similar scene in spring of two cranes among flowering
plum and chrysanthemums on one side and decorated with a waterfall
cascading in front of a thatched hut on the edge of a rocky cliff on one
vase and a thatched hut on the edge of a rocky precipice overlooking
the sea on which a boat is sailing in calm waters on the other vase,
the necks and shoulders of each vase decorated with trailing fruiting
vine and leaves; the base of each vase signed in chiselled characters
Kumagaya tsukuru 熊谷造 within a rectangular cartouche.
Each vase 18cm (7 1/16in) high. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 440,000
US$2,600 - 4,000

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AN INLAID-BRONZE VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
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 including peonies, hagi (bush
clover) and ominaeshi (valerian), the short waisted neck with a band
of formal designs and the foot with strewn maple leaves and pine
needles; unsigned. 31cm (12 1/16in) high.

£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,400

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.