A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASES BY THE NOGAWA COMPANY

A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE VASES BY THE NOGAWA COMPANY

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The tall cylindrical bodies decorated with mirror images of geese flying before a silver moon and with tall grasses underneath, the majestic birds rendered in a variety of inlaid metals, each base incised with the mark for the Nogawa Company and both vases with the same signature to the side, both 15.3cm. (2)