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Lot 677

TWO PAIRS OF INLAID BRONZE VASES
Meiji period

12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

£600 - £800

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TWO PAIRS OF INLAID BRONZE VASES

Meiji period
The first pair of slender tapering form, inlaid with long tailed cockerels perched on blossoming prunus branches, seal marks; the second pair of rounded form with tapering necks and flared rims, one decorated with a frog perched on a large lotus leaf, signed Inoue, the other with bamboo, unsigned.
The tallest 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high. (4).

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明治時代 銅瓶兩對
「井上」款

Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.

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