Of ovoid form with flared long neck, decorated in shakudo, gold and copper with lobsters, details finely carved and chiseled; signature on body
11⁷⁄₈ in. (30.2 cm.) high
With original wood box titled Sato Kazuhide koku oboroginsei kabin ebinozu (shibuichi vase with lobstera by Sato Kazuhide), and inscribed Osaka Shobido hoshokuten sen (made by Shobido company, Osaka City) and sealed Shobido sei on the underside of lid

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Sato Kazuhide became an independent metal artist in 1876, producing work for the Imperial Household and international expositions, including the Paris Exposition of 1900. Also from Edo, he apprenticed under the metal masters Iwamoto Ikkan VII and Ozaki Kazuyoshi.
This type of vases with chrysanthemum crests of the Imperial Household were often presented from the Emperor or Imperial Household as an Imperial Gift during the Meiji period.