A Japanese Bronze Flower VaseLATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURYof flared square form having handles in the form of auspicious clouds with panels cast with a fisherman and a scholar on a boat on reverse; all cast against a wave background, rim decorated with a band of lingzhi fungus, supported on a circular base with a keyfret border further raised on square base, together with a later Chinese hardwood base.Height 9 in., 23 cm.