"Pair Of Mixed Metal Vases. Japan Meiji Period End Of 19th Century. "
Bronze vases, inlaid with precious metals. The artist used all known Japanese alloys, shakudo, shibuichi, sentoku plus gold and silver. The decoration represents cranes in the middle of a lotus field. The whole is highly symbolic, the cranes of immortality and the lotuses of Buddhism. Good condition. Height: 215mm. 
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