A KAKIEMON INCENSE-BURNER
Decorated in typical coloured enamels with flowers below a flared lip with half-circles, on a cylindrical stem with a band of iron-red circles and a spreading base with overlapping lozenges, the cover with a karashishi finial (rim restored and some old damage), late 17th century
13.5cm. high
Provenance
Lot Essay
Cf. Japanese Ceramics in the Toguri Collection (Toguri Museum of Art), Tokyo, 1988, p. 207, no. 285 for a similar example on tripod feet