A TALL JAPANESE BRONZE BOTTLE VASE TAISHO OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY The elegant teardrop-shaped body raised on a short straight foot and with an elongated neck, the surface with a warm mottled red patina, a two-character signature to the base, together with the original signed and inscribed tomobako wood box, 26.7cm. (2) Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.