AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE VASES Early Meiji Period (Circa 1875-85) Each loosely based on the Chinese hu form with four bowed sides, the high splayed foot and swelling body narrowing to a bulbous neck finishing in an out- turned rim, decorated in inlay and overlay of gold, silver, copper, shibuichi and shakudo with a variety of musical motifs: masks for gagaku on either side of the neck, butterfly dancers, gakudaiko drums, a torikabuto [ bugaku dancer's cap] cap, a sho [pan-pipes] and two pairs of courtly dancers; the other decoration including peony scrolls, mitsudomoe [three-comma] and other mon , and lappets around the foot and neck 9 7/8in. (25.2cm.) high (2)
AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE VASES Early Meiji Period (Circa 1875-85) Each loosely based on the Chinese hu form with four bowed sides, the high splayed foot and swelling body narrowing to a bulbous neck finishing in an out- turned rim, decorated in inlay and overlay of gold, silver, copper, shibuichi and shakudo with a variety of musical motifs: masks for gagaku on either side of the neck, butterfly dancers, gakudaiko drums, a torikabuto [ bugaku dancer's cap] cap, a sho [pan-pipes] and two pairs of courtly dancers; the other decoration including peony scrolls, mitsudomoe [three-comma] and other mon , and lappets around the foot and neck 9 7/8in. (25.2cm.) high (2)
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