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Lot 184*
An inlaid bronze pear-shaped vase By Suzuki Chokichi (1848-1919), Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870s-1880s
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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By Suzuki Chokichi (1848-1919), Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870s-1880s
The body worked in gold, bronze and silver relief inlay with a bag of minomushi (bagworm moths) suspended from trailing branches of kaki (persimmon) fruits and worm-eaten foliage, the neck and foot decorated with repeated geometric motifs in fine flat inlay of silver, gilt and hido (red copper); stamped on the base Dai Nihon Kako tsukuru (made by Kako in Great Japan). 20.5cm (8in) high.
The body worked in gold, bronze and silver relief inlay with a bag of minomushi (bagworm moths) suspended from trailing branches of kaki (persimmon) fruits and worm-eaten foliage, the neck and foot decorated with repeated geometric motifs in fine flat inlay of silver, gilt and hido (red copper); stamped on the base Dai Nihon Kako tsukuru (made by Kako in Great Japan). 20.5cm (8in) high.
























