An Earthenware Incense Burner (Koro)

MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1900)

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An Earthenware Incense Burner (Koro)
Meiji Period (Circa 1900)
The hexagonal body painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze, the hexagonal body with three panels of confronted phoenixes bordered by paulownia scrolls and lappets, and the tripod feet painted with florets, fitted with an openwork basketweave silver cover
46in. (11cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Satsuma no kinrande zuroku (Catalogue of gilded enameled Satsuma) (Fukuoka: Ohmuta Gahden Hoteru Bijutsukan, 1993), pl. 19.

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