Each with a slightly tapering body rising to an angled shoulder and short waisted neck, the neck applied with a gold kiku mon, one vase chased in relief with a stag in a continuous landscape of grasses and a stream, his antlers highlighted in gilt and his back in copper, the other vase with a doe and her young, original fitted box
Each 32 cm. (12⅝ in.) high

A gift from Crown Prince Akihito of Japan to Lord Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet (1916-1938) on the occasion of his visit to the UK in May 1953, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Suzuki Yoshihiko studied under Unoo Bissei II and Unno Shomin and was born into a family employed in metalworking for 200 years.