A JAPANESE SETO WARE 'BIRDS' VASE

Early 20th Century

With a tapered body rising from a flared foot with a raised band to a tall slender neck with a wide rim, painted with two cartouches containing a bird of prey tied to a decorative pole, inscribed to the side Tōkyō Kobana Kazuichi rakuga and a pair of chickens to the reverse, all reserved on a ground of brocade patterns in enamels and gilt, the base inscribed with an underglaze blue mark reading Nihon Seto Katō Kishitarō tsukuru

33.5cm high

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