Two Bronze Vases MEIJI PERIOD the first a double handled example, the pear shaped body decorated with large leaves, the elongated neck flanked by a pair of loop hanles, the underside signed Shunko 春光, the second a large floor vase, the exterior of the sloping walls decorated in low relief showing cranes and willow trees, the mouth imitating a cloth bag, unsigned. Height of taller 16 1/2 in., 42 cm. Property from a Private Chicago Collection Acquired from The Jade Dragon, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 20, 1998.