Description A LOT WITH TWO BRONZE VASES AND A CENSER WITH ROOSTERS, MEIJIJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The two ovoid-shaped bronze vases with waisted neck and everted rim, each inlaid in shibuichi, silver, gold, and copper iro-e hirazogan with a long-tailed rooster, also known as onagadori, perched in a plum brunch. The high polished golden bronze tripod censer of compressed globular form supported on three slender cylindrical feet and rising to a short neck with everted rim, the shoulder with two scroll handles, the body again inlaid in shibuichi, gold, silver and copper iro-e hirazogan with a long-tailed rooster, a hen and three chicks walking on the ground, also bearing an artist signature.Condition: Good condition with minor surface wear, tiny nicks, and light surface scratches. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts. Weight: 1217 g in totalDimensions: Height 13 – 15 cm