JAPANESE BRONZE BALUSTER VASE MEIJI PERIOD with elongated tapering petal form neck and mouth, the bulbous body decorated with birds and chrysanthemum, flanked by a pair of elaborate mythical fish handles

(27cm high )

Footnote: Provenance: Private English Collection, by direct family descent; the current owner's great grandfather imported such goods directly from Japan in the 19th century to sell in his shop in Southport, England