Bronze vase of heavily dented cylindrical shape with handles in the shape of lotus stalks. The yellow bronze patinated from orange-brown, via silver to yellowish green with decoration in engraving and application. A group of small animals on lotus leaves. Animals are lizards, frogs, grass hopper, snail and other beetle. Unsigned. Japan, 1920s-1930s.
Height: 12 ¼ inches; diameter at bottom: 4 1/8 inches.
Tiny dent at upper rim, patina slightly rubbed at handles, all in all very good condition.
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