A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE

A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Of baluster form with a splayed foot, the shoulder applied with dragon-shaped handles, decorated to both sides with birds and flowers in low relief, with details highlighted in gilt and silver iro-e takazogan, takabori and katakiribori, the foot with two shishi masks and the neck with formal scrolling patterns in iro-e hirazogan, 30.5cm.