Monumental Meiji vase 'rediscovered' in a Californian restaurant comes to auction

For over a century, a monumental 8ft (2.44m) high Meiji cloisonné vase provided the focal point to one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s oldest restaurants.

And, for over a century it seems no one was aware that this vase was one of the more spectacular wor…

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