An Earthenware Incense Burner (Koro)

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), GILT MARK MEITAN SEI

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An Earthenware Incense Burner (Koro)
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), Gilt Mark Meitan Sei
The hexagonal body painted in polychrome enamels and gilt over a clear crackled glaze with six shaped panels painted with seasonal bird and flower scenes, the flat shoulders decorated with gilt florets at each corner, fitted with a metal cover pierced in the form of stylized chrysanthemums surmounted with a floret, the foot painted with scrolling vines and geometric shapes
4.7/8in. (9.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Satsuma no kinrande zuroku (Catalogue of gilded enameled Satsuma) (Fukuoka: Omuta Gahden Hoteru Bijutsukan, 1993), pl. 65.

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