Japanese Soft Metal Inlaid Bronze Vase Meiji Period Of ovoid form with a straight neck, cast and inlaid with gold, silver and copper with songbirds flying above blossoming chrysanthemum and cranes amid reeds at the water's edge, the neck with two groupings of four dragons forming cartouches beneath a lappet and stylized butterfly border. Height 16 inches. CProperty of a Private Baltimore Maryland Collector