Meiji period Japanese Bronze Damascene vase overlaid with Silver Chrysanthemum and Butterfly | signed art pottery Approx 11cm (4 1/2") wide

Approx 11cm (4 1/2") wide

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1986 - 1988 only

1914 - 1967

Meiji period Japanese Bronze Damascene vase overlaid with Silver Chrysanthemum and Butterfly | signed art pottery Approx 11cm (4 1/2") wideJapanese Bronze vase overlaid with White Metal Silver Chrysanthemum and Butterfly signed lower right A very attractive late 19th or early 20th century Japanese bronze and mixed metal vase, using the damascene technique to inlay white and yellow metal over the very attractively toned bronze base. The scenes are traditionally Japanese, this vase seeing Chrysanthemum and a small Butterfly Meiji period c. 1862 1912 [this is later Meiji c. 1900 1910]