Lot Essay
Otake Eijiro, the son of Harunaga worked in Tokyo during the Meiji Period.
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SIGNED OTAKE NORIKUNI AND KAKIHAN, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Bronze Koro [Incense Burner]
Signed Otake Norikuni and kakihan, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Cast in high and low relief and inlaid in gilt in the neoclassical style with three winged dragon feet on a trefoil stand, the body decorated with wasps hovering beside a nest, the finial modelled as an ape with large persimmons in gilt
19cm. high
Signed Otake Norikuni and kakihan, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Cast in high and low relief and inlaid in gilt in the neoclassical style with three winged dragon feet on a trefoil stand, the body decorated with wasps hovering beside a nest, the finial modelled as an ape with large persimmons in gilt
19cm. high