A massive Japanese bronze koro on four feet decorated with four boys, one wearing a shishimai mask, supporting a cup-shaped stand on their backs, standing on a pierced gallery supported by a large coiled dragon on a circular base decorated with leaf-shaped lappets and clouds, with two further dragons to the side (top section missing, damages) -- 56in.high.

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A massive Japanese bronze koro on four feet decorated with four boys, one wearing a shishimai mask, supporting a cup-shaped stand on their backs, standing on a pierced gallery supported by a large coiled dragon on a circular base decorated with leaf-shaped lappets and clouds, with two further dragons to the side (top section missing, damages) -- 56in.high.
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