A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE WITH EGRET

A JAPANESE SILVER-INLAID BRONZE VASE WITH EGRET
MEIJI ERA (19TH/20TH CENTURY)

Of tsuru-kubi (crane’s neck) shape, the tall slender body decorated with the large water bird perched on a wood post, its eye picked out in gilt; with silver reeds emerging from the water below; signed Kao/Hanamori underneath, 23cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.