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KANAZAWA BRONZE COMPANY [KAGA]
Pair of vases adapted as lamps
1877-82Copper alloy, silver, gold and copper alloys, partly patinated | 53.0 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 7797
Intricate metal inlay techniques have been used to vary each bloom and fruit on these vases. The lemon skins are textured and stippled, the persimmon are highly polished and the lychee have been created from a complex pattern of gold and copper alloys inlaid together.
