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THE PROPERTY OF A SOUTH FLORIDA COLLECTOR
A bronze incense burner
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A bronze incense burner
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Cast as tripod incense burner, the pierced cover with cloud patterns set with a Chinese lion holding a rotating jewel, the body cast on one side with three sages playing musical instruments and dancing in a bamboo grove and on the opposite side with a running tiger and boy beneath a tree, applied with large handles pierced with bamboo, the neck cast with coiling dragons on a geometric ground, all supported on a hexagonal base designed with pairs of tigers, with brown patina
27½in. (69.8cm.) high
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Cast as tripod incense burner, the pierced cover with cloud patterns set with a Chinese lion holding a rotating jewel, the body cast on one side with three sages playing musical instruments and dancing in a bamboo grove and on the opposite side with a running tiger and boy beneath a tree, applied with large handles pierced with bamboo, the neck cast with coiling dragons on a geometric ground, all supported on a hexagonal base designed with pairs of tigers, with brown patina
27½in. (69.8cm.) high