A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE BELL

A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE BELL

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Decorated to one side with a herd of deer in a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a smoking traveller observing boats sailing into the distance, with a continuous band of scrolling clouds above and the handle similarly shaped, raised on a fitted circular bronze stand with bamboo, reticulated bands of swastika and chidori birds in flight, 37.5cm overall. (2)