PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS A LARGE INLAID-BRONZE VASEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Of baluster form set on a splayed foot and applied with coiling phoenix handles, decorated in iro-e takazogan, takabori and katakiribori with a hawk on a pine bough and sparrows in flowering peonies among craggy rocks, the neck and foot decorated with scrolling floral vines in iro-e hirazogan . 16 1/2in (41.9cm) high Provenance: Collection of Cynthia Bach and Jim Matthews , San Francisco, 29 June 2016, lot 9553