Two bronze vases


One by Ichijo and one by Shiun, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first carved in high relief with a large carp swimming near the surface of rippled waters reserved on a reddish-brown ground, signed on the base with chiselled signature Ichijo/Kazusuke, 27.2cm (10¾in); the second a smaller pear-shaped vase, similarly decorated in low relief, signed on the base Shiun within an oval reserve, 17.7cm (7in) high. (2).