A bronze planter of four-lobed shape, signed Miyao, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), with brown patina, decorated with two reserves on a lightly chiseled background in two levels of pseudo-archaic motifs and flowers. The reserves decorated in high relief on one side with a couple of carps and on the other side with the famous samurai Sazaki Takatsuna during the battle of the Uji river, famous battle of the Gempei war. Signed under the base Miyao. Height: 36 cm ; width: 33 ; length: 35 cmStained patina, base may be refixed .