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305, 306, 307, 308 305 A JAPANESE POLISHED BRONZE VASE, MEIJI PERIOD (18681912) broad ovoid with two cast dragonfly handles, signed on base 23cm high
308 A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) pear shaped, with three fishes in low relief 24cm high £200-300
£200-300 309 A GROUP OF JAPANESE METALWORK, MEIJI PERIOD (18681912) comprising: a bronze figure of Hotei seated on a sack, 14cm high, an iron tetsubin (kettle), cast with a figure with a frog and leafy branches, seal mark, 11cm high excluding handle, a green patinated bronze slender vase decorated with butterflies, 22.5cm high, a bronze model of minogame (flaming tortoise), 14cm long, and a small gu-shaped bronze vase applied with two figures on the shoulders, 15cm high (5)
306 A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) brown patinated, pear shaped, with feline mask ring handles, one side inlaid with a silver flowerhead and two buds 20.5cm high £150-250 307 A JAPANESE BRONZE BRAZIER, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) cylindrical, animal mask ring handles, the sides decorated in Chinese archaic style with a band of taotie masks against a leiwen ground between stiff leaf borders 20.5cm high
£200-300
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