A JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY MASATSUGU

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

Of tsuru-kubi (crane’s neck) shape, the tall slender body cast in low relief with a small bird perched on a flowering branch of prunus, the base signed Masatsugu, 26cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.