2983 Bronze vase with crouching lion Tisho handles.  The artist, Masahiko Katori (1899-1988), was made a National Treasure by the Agency for Cultural Revolution of Japanese Government (1977).
His work appears in The Tokyo National Museum of Modern Art and The Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art , c. 1950.  15 ½”(widest) x 12 1/2” h