A PAIR OF INLAID BRONZE BALUSTER VASES BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI FOR THE HAMADA COMPANY By Miyabe Atsuyoshi, signed Hamada Sei Atsuyoshi tsukuru Japan, Kyoto, Meiji period (1868-1912) The bronze vases each inlaid in silver, shakudo and copper with sparrows (suzume) in flight amid wisteria growing from a grassy ground with flowers. Each vase signed underneath Hamada Sei Atsuyoshi tsukuru [Made for Hamada, by Atsuyoshi]. HEIGHT 21.4 cm (each) WEIGHT 3,132 g (in total) Condition: Some abrasions and traces of old wear, fundamentally very good condition. Provenance: From a French private collection. One vase inscribed “C 150 2/14”, indicating a previous museum deaccession. Auction comparison: A related pair also made for the Hamada company was sold by Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 17 May 2018, London, lot 453 (sold for 3,750 GBP).