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A PAIR OF SILVER, ENAMEL AND SHIBAYAMA VASES A BRONZE OKIMONO OF A BIRD SCARER
Meiji Period Meiji Period
The lobed oviform bodies set on foliate form feet, the slender necks The lady standing holding a rattle in her outstretched right hand, a
rising to quatrefoil petal form rims, each with intricately inset panels, small travelling cabinet suspended to her left side, standing upon a
variously depicting birds and butterflies amongst flowering plants and rockwork base, signed ‘Seiya saku’, fitted to a wood stand.
blossoming branches, each with a two-character signature tablet to 37cm (14.1/2in) high.
the base.
18cm (7.1/8in) high. (2). £1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
£1,500 - 2,500 HK$16,000 - 22,000
CNY14,000 - 23,000
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE MIXED-METAL VASES
458 Meiji Period
A JAPANESE MIXED METAL OVIFORM VASE Decorated in takabori, kebori and iroe-takazogan with a kacho-ga of
Hattori Company, Meiji Period two quail standing on riverbanks, amongst millet and flowering plants
Finely decorated with a central band depicting a writhing dragon issuing from rockwork, the bases signed ‘Saikyo Inoue zo’ (‘Saikyo
emerging from foaming waves, beneath billowing clouds, within (Kyoto), made by Inoue’).
borders of phoenix roundels, floral and foliate scroll, incised Hattori 19cm (7.1/2in) high. (2).
Company mark to the base.
21.2cm (8.3/8in) high. £1,500 - 1,800
CNY14,000 - 17,000
£2,000 - 2,500 HK$16,000 - 20,000
CNY18,000 - 23,000
HK$22,000 - 27,000

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