AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID-WOOD VASES

A RARE AND UNUSUAL PAIR OF JAPANESE INLAID-WOOD VASES
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Each with a rectangular-section body raised on bracket feet and with a flared rim; both decorated with panels enclosing birds, flowers and butterflies in relief, and with scrolling clouds to the necks; some details rendered in gold and silver inlays contrasting with the black wooden ground; each vase signed Kaiseki in a rectangular gilt tablet to the side, 14.6cm each. (2)