A PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE 'COCKERELS' VASES BY HIDEKUNI.

Meiji period, 19th Century.

Each with a tapered body rising to a rounded shoulder with a short flared neck, carved and inlaid in gold and silver with a cockerel perched on blooming prunus branches, his long tail trailing behind him, signed Hidekuni, with Kei marks to the bases, 10.5cm H. (2)