A JAPANESE OVOID BRONZE VASE

A JAPANESE OVOID BRONZE VASE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Cast in bronze with a rich, mottled red patina and decorated in low relief with flowers and a basket of persimmon, the reverse with a poem referring to ten thousands years of felicity and immortality on Mount Horai/ Penglai, signed Takusai zo and sealed Takusai, probably for Honma Takusai I (1812-91) or II (1846-1904), 24.5cm.

WITHOUT RESERVE