Meiji period
Slender ovoid form, each decorated in high relief with two warriors and two tengu, raised on four tengu mask feet, 21.5cm high; also a Japanese mixed metal bottle vase decorated in relief with two birds amongst flowers and bamboo, signed, 29.5cm high (3)
Estimate: | £100 - £150 |
Hammer price: | £70 |
Two vases- one vase has a stress break across the top of one foot and a shallow dent to the rim. On the other vase, there is a glued stress break across the top of one foot which has now come apart and stress breaks across the tops of two of the other feet. Some areas of wear to the patination.
Bottle vase- break through the bottom of the neck. Possibly polished