Meiji period (1868-1912), each vase is finely painted with large reserves of decoration enclosed within a gilt ribbon with bow, the first painted in vivid detail with Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra Bodhisattva) riding gracefully atop a white elephant and the second with Monju Bosatsu (Manjushri Bodhisattva) riding atop a ferocious lion, the reverse side of each vase painted with soldiers in lush landscape.


24.5 in.

One with very slight nick to interior of rim; some rubbing and loss to gilt.

$500 - 1,000