Description A LOT WITH TWO BRONZE VASES, MEIJI PERIODJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The first being a gilt bronze vase with a pear-shaped body raised on a short, flared foot and rising to a trumpet neck decorated in high relief depicting two lotus flowers, one already blooming and the other still a bud. The second bronze vase of baluster shape with a short neck, crafted in silvered takazogan and Katakiri incision work depicting a flying goose amongst water reeds. HEIGHT 28 cm (gilt bronze vase), 29.9 cm WEIGHT 1,008 g (gilt bronze vase), 2,184 gCondition: Good condition with traces of wear and age, light surface scratches, nicks, and dents to the gilt bronze vase.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.