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Lot 678
A GROUP OF MIXED METAL VASES AND A WASHER Meiji period
12 – 19 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,664 inc. premium
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A GROUP OF MIXED METAL VASES AND A WASHER
Meiji period
Comprising: a pair of slender ovoid bronze vases, decorated in relief in silver, gilt and copper with birds in flight amongst narcissus sprays, signed, wood stands; an ovoid vase decorated with egrets wading in a river; a smaller vase with a river scene before Mount Fuji; and a tripod washer decorated with birds amongst maple trees. The tallest 23cm (9 1/8in) high. (7).
Comprising: a pair of slender ovoid bronze vases, decorated in relief in silver, gilt and copper with birds in flight amongst narcissus sprays, signed, wood stands; an ovoid vase decorated with egrets wading in a river; a smaller vase with a river scene before Mount Fuji; and a tripod washer decorated with birds amongst maple trees. The tallest 23cm (9 1/8in) high. (7).
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明治時代 銅瓶及洗一組
Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.














