A PAIR OF INLAID SLENDER OVOID BRONZE VASES By Miyabe Atsuyoshi, Meiji e

A PAIR OF INLAID SLENDER OVOID BRONZE VASES By Miyabe Atsuyoshi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Each vase worked in gold, bronze, copper and silver relief inlay with a matching design of a group of egrets in flight and wading in a pond beneath trailing branches of snow-laden willow; signed on the base of one vase with chiselled characters Dai Nihon Kyoto no ju Ikkodo Miyabe Atsuyoshi with a kao. Each vase 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high. (2).