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A BRASS RITUAL KASHA (INCENSE BURNER)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The two-tier sectional vessel cast in brass, on tripod lion-mask feet,
the domed, stepped cover pierced with stylized pine-trees and
finished with a jewel-form finial
5 3/4in (14.6cm) high
US$4,000 - 5,000
For other Edo-period kasha, see Anne Nishimura Morse and Tsuji
Nobuo, eds., Japanese Art in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1,
Tokyo, Kodansha, 1997, nos. 135-137 (p. 223).

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A WOOD FIGURE OF KUJAKU MYO-O (MAHAMAYURI)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th
century
Carved in sections and assembled as the Peacock Bodhisattva
seated on a lotus pedastal supported by a large peacock, the four-
armed deity holding his associated attributes (one now lost), the
nimbus formed by the tail feathers, signed on the reverse Dai Busshi
Hoin Genkai haikoku
27in (68.6cm) high overall

US$3,000 - 4,000

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