AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE BRONZE VASE AND COVER

AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE BRONZE VASE AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Of tall baluster form and raised on thee shaped feet, the cover cast as a distraught fisherman being attacked by sea creatures, a large octopus wrapping its tentacles around his left leg whilst tickling his foot, the body of the vase with many fish and further octopuses, the lower part depicting a bed of seashells, 47cm overall. (2)