A pair of soft-metal inlaid bronze imperial presentation vases, SIGNED DAINIHON TEIKOKU ISHIKAWA-KENKA KANAZAWA DOKI KAISHA SEI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

A pair of soft-metal inlaid bronze imperial presentation vases
Signed Dainihon teikoku Ishikawa-kenka Kanazawa doki kaisha sei, Meiji period (late 19th century)
The baluster vases cast in bronze and finely finished with a greenish-gold patina with flaring necks and applied handles cast as phoenix with wings spread and decorated on the surface with scrolling vines and leaves carved in sunken relief and flush-inlaid copper and gold, the tails of the phoenix handles pendant links in copper with arrowhead-shaped weights, the shoulders decorated with chrysanthemum heads in gold; with separately cast bronze stands
16 in. (40.6 cm.) high each with stand
With Japanese wood box

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