An inlaid bronze vase
Meiji period (Late 19th century), signed Nobumasa koku
With bulbous lower body on a short foot and with long tapered neck, the body finished with a reddish brown patina and decorated in copper and shakudo takazogan with a sparrow perched on a flowering branch of magnolia; with incised signature on body
9¾in. (25cm.) high
An inlaid bronze vase
Meiji period (Late 19th century), signed Nobumasa koku
With bulbous lower body on a short foot and with long tapered neck, the body finished with a reddish brown patina and decorated in copper and shakudo takazogan with a sparrow perched on a flowering branch of magnolia; with incised signature on body
9¾in. (25cm.) high
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