A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE

A LARGE JAPANESE GOLD AND SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of tall cylindrical form, one side decorated with a small songbird perched on a flowering branch of magnolia, with daisies to the side and large lotus leaves underneath; the reverse with another large magnolia bloom and further lotus, the decoration rendered in mixed metals including gold, silver, and copper, the rim embellished with a band of scrolling patterns, the base with an inlaid copper seal mark for Dai Nihon Tokyo Saito seizo, 30cm.