A Large Japanese Bronze Charger, circular form resting on a short foot rim, the well decorated in iro-e takazogan of copper, silver, shakudo and gilt with two Manchurian Cranes amidst a variety of Chrysanthemum flowers and foliage, details in kebori, the rim decorated in gold wire with kiku-mon and formal devices on an ishime copper band within a gilt rim, the reverse bears a dark patina, diameter 44.7cms, unsigned, Meiji-Taisho era