Fine Pair of Japanese Inlaid Bronze Vases

A fine pair of Japanese inlaid bronze vases depicting cockerels perched in flowering prunus trees. The pair date to the Meiji period and are fantastic quality, of very solid form and delicately inlaid with metals of four varying colours. The symbolism of the long-tailed cockerel in the flowering prunus tree is a very important one in Japanese art and representing courage, renewal, the triumph of light over darkness, and the welcoming of a prosperous new beginning. The pair are both signed on the side by the artist Shugyoku with a secondary mark on the base which is most likely to represent the foundry. The pair are in good condition with the odd mark to surface from handling and do retain the original wood stands. These vases are fine examples of Japanese metal work with a beautiful simple elegant form. C.1900.

Overall sizes each in inches, not including stands:

Height 8 ¼

Width 4

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