As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this staggering quality bronze and mixed metal vase by the world renowned Meiji period metal worker Suzuki Chokichi (1848-1919) , his art name Kaka , this large , heavy and imposing bronze vase has been painstakingly hand planished to create an almost Iron like finish to the body, the artist has captured a bird flying across Autumnal coloured Flora in his usual high quality manner , the bird has been incredibly finely chiselled as well as being inlaid with various mixed metals and alloys to create a highly decorative finish, the predominant feature on the vase is the onlaid Hydrangea , each head has been formed from dozens of hand cast solid silver petals, these are then pinned with gold staymen with a painstaking degree of detail, the artist has chosen to use Butterflies and Moths to decorate the shoulders of the vase , many artists including one of my favourites , the Nogawa factory, have tried to imitate the ...