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UNSIGNED, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A BRONZE INCENSE-BURNER AND COVER
UNSIGNED, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A bronze incense-burner and cover of four-sided baluster form, decorated in silver, shakudo, shibuichi and sentoku relief, the front and back with views of lake Biwa, the distant hills in katakiribori, a gourd-vine on a bamboo trellis, and a sparrow, cherry-blossom and narcissus, standing on four foliate feet, the rim and outswept rectangular lug handles with gilt fret pattern, the cover with a shishi finial
14.5cm. high
UNSIGNED, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A bronze incense-burner and cover of four-sided baluster form, decorated in silver, shakudo, shibuichi and sentoku relief, the front and back with views of lake Biwa, the distant hills in katakiribori, a gourd-vine on a bamboo trellis, and a sparrow, cherry-blossom and narcissus, standing on four foliate feet, the rim and outswept rectangular lug handles with gilt fret pattern, the cover with a shishi finial
14.5cm. high