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WITH DECORATION BY SUGIURA GYŌSŌ 杉浦行宗 (1856–1901), FOR KIRYŪ KŌSHŌ KAISHA 起立工商会社 (THE PIONEERING CRAFT AND COMMERCE COMPANY) An Important Pair of Bronze Vases with Bird-and-Flower Designs花鳥図彫金ブロンズ花瓶 一対Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1880
An Important Pair of Bronze Vases with Bird-and-Flower Designs花鳥図彫金ブロンズ花瓶 一対Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1880Each of ovoid baluster form with dark-brown patinated bronze body finishing in a stepped and splayed mouth with a flat rim, resting on a splayed foot pierced with floral motifs above an integral base supported on five butterfly-form feet, a pair of archaic-style handles each with a loose ring and pendant applied to either side of the shoulder, the pictorial decoration in richly patinated gold, silver, shakudō, shibuichi, and copper relief and flat inlay, depicting on one side sparrows fighting by a bamboo plant and on the other nadeshiko (pinks, Dianthus superbus) and daisies, with bands of formal decoration around the mouth and foot, one of the pair signed on the base with engraved characters Gyōsō sen 行宗鐫 (Chiseled by Gyōsō) Height 16 5/8 in (42.2 cm)