Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold and the bronze is finely

and the bronze is finely cold-painted with bronzed & gilt patination

The box having a fitted interior with the original ivory/bone sewing accoutrements

The inkwell of cylindrical form and having a shallow dome top cover with a tall knopped finial and inlaid with a twin band of scrolled silver

The vase of baluster-shaped form and having a neck decorated with cloud forms and a collar of dark iron oxide below

Please see a very similar desk that sold at Christie's

Pair Fine Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cloisonné Double Gourd Vases 1890 Sold and the bronze is finelyA very good pair of antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonn vases, circa 1890. This is a very handsome pair of antique double gourd shaped cloisonn vases, one with a blue ground the other with a burgundy ground, both having a lappet design to the neck, the tops and bases are extravagantly decorated with many geometric stylized floral devices. Each vase is waisted with further lappets, the large globular base having a broad band of 'Greek Key' design,