TWO JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE DISHES BY KUMAGAI MEIJI PERIOD

TWO JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE DISHES BY KUMAGAI

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

One depicting three rakan in a garden and the other a rakan and an attendant by a river, the figures depicted in low relief with details picked out in gilt, with flowers and birds around them in a composition reminiscent of a scroll painting, one dish signed Kyoto Kuma gai zo to the front, 24.3cm and 25.2cm. (2)