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38 A SOFT-METAL-INLAID PAPERWEIGHT 39 A SOFT-METAL-INLAID IRON VASE

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED YASUCHIKA KOKU EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSHIYUKI AND SEALED YUKI
A bronze paperweight in the form of rotten The ovoid vase with long tapering neck, finely
lotus leaf cast and chiseled, a praying mantis chiseled and inlaid in gold and silver with a
finely inlaid in gold, shibuichi and copper rooster, a mantis and grasses, set on a silver
3√ in. (9.8 cm.) high base, signed and sealed on body
10¡ in. (26.4 cm.) high
$4,500-6,000
$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE:
Mitsui Family, Kami Nibancho District, Tokyo