SIGNED KURODA, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A Koro [Incense Burner]
Signed Kuroda, Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Of squat profile supported on three integral splayed feet, the body of shakudo-coloured metal decorated in gold, silver and copper with a branch of azalea, the lid similarly decorated but with five of the leaves forming the openings, plain silver liner, signed on the base with engraved characters Kuroda tsukuru [made by Kuroda]
38in. (8.0cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The Kuroda company of Kyoto won medals at several of the later international expositions and was described by the British globe-trotter Herbert Ponting in In Lotus-land Japan (London, 1910).¹

1 Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art (London, 1995), vol. 2, part 2, cat. no. 91.

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