Bronze vase with Iris decoration, Japan

Tall dark bronze vase decorated with a bas-relief depicting irises (hanashobu) ; yhe rim with an openwork border with maji-motive.
Bottom marks : : Kakuha-Sei, the mark of Sano Takachika, Kakuha Kanzaemon IX (active early Meiji period, in 1869 he started a bronze-ware buisness in Yokohama)
Japan – Meiji (1868-1912)
Hauteur 40cm – Diamètre 20 cm –