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30 | MIYAO EISUKE: A RARE
AND VERY FINE BRONZE KORO

By Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, signed Miyao
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The incense burner of rounded, rectangular form raised on four Condition: Superb condition with only minor wear and traces of
elegant inome shaped feet with a stepped neck. The sides applied use. Even the copper inset for the incense is original and still fits
with imposing dragon-head handles. The slightly domed en suite perfectly into the vessel!
cover with gilt and incised auspicious objects in relief and a handle Provenance: From an English private collection.
vividly modelled as a boy blowing a trumpet. The body cast with
panels of a butterfly amid chrysanthemums and a warrior firing an Tanegashima was a matchlock configured firearm introduced to
oversized tanegashima rifle while two others are taking cover. The Japan through the Portuguese in 1543. It was used by the samurai
artist signature MIYAO is found in a gilt reserve to the back of the class and their foot soldiers (ashigaru) and within a few years the
boy. introduction of the tanegashima in battle forever changed the way
war was fought in Japan.
HEIGHT 19.8 cm
WEIGHT 1470.2 grams Estimate EUR 5.000,-
Starting price EUR 2.500,-

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