As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this heavy quality Meiji period 1868-1912, circa 1895 bronze and mixed metal onlaid vase by the highly regarded Imperial artist Suzuki Chokichi , his art name Kako , the heavily cast deep black shakudo patination of the vase is finely contrasted with a group of songbirds upon a tree decorated with exquisite mixed metal foliage and red berries, the autumnal patination of the leaves in particular are indicative of Kako''s work, the artistic skill leaves you in no doubt as to who the vase was made by, Chokichi excelled at the multi patination techniques used to portray decaying winter and autumnal foliage, the delightful birds each individually cast and hand chiseled before application to the body of the vase, each leaf and group of berries similarly cast and laid into the metal body prior to patination, the collar of the vase detailed in a gilt greek key geometric pattern, the vase fully signed with the signature o...