A SHAKUDO AND SHIBUICHI KORO [INCENSE BURNER]

SIGNED KYOTO KURODA ZO, AND A PANEL SIGNED SEIMIN KIZAMU, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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A SHAKUDO AND SHIBUICHI KORO [INCENSE BURNER]
SIGNED KYOTO KURODA ZO, AND A PANEL SIGNED SEIMIN KIZAMU, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
The tapering rectangular koro with four panels decorated in iroe-hirozogan and takazogan with scenes on Lake Biwa, wisteria and cherry blossom, the pierced cover with plum blossom and gilt, copper gilt liner, wood stand
10.3cm. high

Lot Essay

For a further example of Koroda's work, see Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, Meiji no Takara, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Metalwork, Part II, (London, 1995), vol.2, no.91. The authors mention Kuroda was one of the more highly esteemed artist-craftsmen of Kyoto, and is recorded as having won numerous medals at international exhibitions. Herbert Ponting describes a visit to his workshop in his In Lotus Land Japan (London, 1910)

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