Two inlaid bronze vasesThe first by Takatsugu
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 19th/20th century
The first, cylindrical, cast and finished to resemble a stoneware vessel, applied with ring handles and decorated with an inlaid yellow-bronze leaf and fruiting vine, obscurely signed on the underside []mitsu
With a tomobako storage box inscribed Zogan [] [] ko kabin, signed Hoku[] no hito []mitsu saku and sealed []mitsu; the second, a small bottle vase decorated with blossoming chrysanthemums beneath a chrysanthemum crest in gold and silver hirazogan and kebori, signed on the underside Takatsugu tsukuru and illegibly sealed, with a carved wood stand
With a wood tomobako storage box
9 1/4in (23.4cm); 5 1/2in (13.8cm) high