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A Pair of Bronze Vases Decorated with Carp and Waterfall登竜門花鳥図彫金ブロンズ花瓶一対Meiji era (1868–1912), late 19th centuryEach of baluster form with wide mouth and flat rim, fitted with demon-mask handles on either side of the shoulder, each holding in its mouth a gilt-metal ring, and with an integral base with five bracket feet, the bronze body cast and chiseled in high relief with details in gold, silver, shakudō, and shibuichi, depicting on one side a carp ascending a waterfall with a rocky crag to the left and on the other side birds and plants, the bracket feet inlaid in silver and copper with lappet motifs, a band above the foot inlaid in gold and silver with archaistic dragons and pearls, unsigned Height 13 in. (33 cm)