A Bronze Handled Vase MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY having a baluster body flanked by a pair of dragon head-form handles suspending loose rings, finely cast to show a kirin and a ho ho bird amongst underneath clouds and cicada blades, all set above a scrolled ground, bearing a three-character maker's mark, 整樂鑄 to the underside. Height 11 3/8 in., 28.89 cm.