A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE DISH

A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE DISH

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated to the well with a silver crane wading amongst large lotus leaves and flowers, with details highlighted in inlaid wires of various colours, the cavetto with a band of geometric designs and three mitsuba-aoi mon (three hollyhock leaves crest) used by the Tokugawa clan, the reverse with a two-character mark, 24.2cm.