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A CYLINDRICAL BRONZE VASE WITH INTEGRAL STAND A LARGE PAIR OF BRONZE BALUSTER VASES
Sanyo seal mark, Meiji Era (1868-1912) Meiji Era
The cylindrical form with gently flaring foot issuing from a tripod base, Each of lobed baluster form, standing on four blade-shaped
covered overall in a gentle brown patina with variegated red and short feet, decorated to the trumpet necks and lower bodies with
green encrustations. 25cm (9 7/8in) high reticulated dragon medallions on archaistic leiwen grounds, with
paired winged dragon handles, the necks with fitted lining. Each
£1,000 - 1,500 68cm x 38cm x 28cm (26¾in x 15in x 11in) (4).
HK$11,000 - 16,000
CNY9,100 - 14,000 £800 - 1,200
HK$8,600 - 13,000
396 CNY7,200 - 11,000
A BRONZE ‘PEACOCKS AND EAGLE’ JARDINIERE
Meiji Era (1868-1912) 398
The quatrelobed form decorated to one side with an eagle in high A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE BALUSTER VASE
relief chasing migrating birds in the sky, the reverse with peacocks Meiji Period
in a peony garden, all beneath a key-fret border at the rim, and The flaring foot rising to a compressed body and broad flaring neck,
supported by four bracket feet, the base signed ‘made by Sakamoto, flanked by a pair of karashishi handles, the body cast with formal
[...] town, Shinsaibashi, Osaka, in Great Japan’. leaf lappets and panels reserved with archaic style designs, the mid-
31cm (12 1/4in) wide section with a broad band of key-fret.
40cm (15.3/4in) high.
£600 - 800
HK$6,400 - 8,600 £800 - 1,200
CNY5,400 - 7,200 HK$8,600 - 13,000
CNY7,200 - 11,000

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