2/04/2006

Vase 01

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Bronze Dragon Vase

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Japanese Bronze Dragon Temple Flower Vase



Signed "Munesada Nakao" one of the leading bronze craftsman of the age, this antique Japanese temple flower vase has a dragon wrapped around the stem against a backdrop of buddhist clouds.
c.1860.
(5¼" x 4¼") (16 cm x 11 cm)

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Daruma Museum, Japan

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