A large Japanese Meiji period lidded bronze vessel, of footed cylindrical form, the bowl ringed with three collars centred with a border in shallow relief decorated with breaking scrolling oceanic waves below arched geometric motifs, flanked by ringed loop handles mounted as beast's masks, below a circular tablet cover also decorated with a border of breaking waves and a globular finial, opening to reveal a vacant interior, 24 cm high, 26 cm wide (maximum, including handles).