A pair of Japanese Inlaid-Bronze Nogawa vases, Meiji period, Nogawa maker's mark (1868 - 1912), the pair of vases of elongated ovoid form with rounded shoulders and short, tapered necks, with deep-brown patina, finely decorated with blossoming plum branch; each with incised signature on body and mark of the Nogawa Company of Kyoto to the underside, height 16 cm