A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID-BRONZE VASES BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI

A PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID-BRONZE VASES BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each with a tall cylindrical body raised on a short foot and with an elongated neck, both decorated with a continuous design of birds and flowers, one with a swallow observing a grasshopper and the other with large hibiscus flowers; all rendered in a variety of metals including gold, silver, bronze and copper takazogan; each signed Miyabe Atsuyoshi with a kao underneath, 30.8cm each. (2)