A JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE

A JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The small bulbous body raised on a short foot and decorated with a goose in flight before a silver moon, the bird's plumage rendered in a variety of metals including copper and silver on the gilt bronze ground, the side incised with a two character signature and the base with a circular mark for Iida sei, 12cm.