A SILVER AND IRON VASE, SIGNED SHUKO KOKU, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

A SILVER AND IRON VASE, 

SIGNED SHUKO KOKU

MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19^TH CENTURY

the oviform vase with tall everted neck inlaid with carved, chased and engraved silver, gold, copper and iron depicting chrysanthemums and birds, the shoulder inlaid in silver with a lobed panel, the neck with butterflies, the elaborate silver foot inlaid in shakudo 

25 cm, 9 ⅞ in. high