A JAPANESE SETO WARE 'BIRDS' VASE Early 20th Century With a tapered body rising from a flared foot with a raised band to a tall slender neck with a wide rim, painted with two cartouches containing a bird of prey tied to a decorative pole, inscribed to the side Tōkō Kobana Kazuichi rakuga and a pair of chickens to the reverse, all reserved on a ground of brocade patterns in enamels and gilt, the base inscribed with an underglaze blue mark reading Nihon Seto Katō Kishitarō tsukuru 33.5cm high