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HIRATSUKA MOHEI (1836-?)
A silver and silver filigree and cloisonné-enamel incense burner
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Set on three feet and flaring out to a central ridge and narrowing
again to the shoulder and applied with stylized animal-form handles,
the body decorated with two shaped panels worked in translucent
enamels and gold wire, and silver openwork filigree with a shishi in
peonies, and two mythical winged beasts in chrysanthemums, the
surrounding areas decorated with chrysanthemum scroll in silver
wire with gold overlay and translucent enamels, the domed cover
decorated with silver chrysanthemum heads carved in high relief
and in translucent enamels and gold wire, surmounted with a silver
chrysanthemum finial, fitted with a removable silver liner, signed in
gold in a gold reserve Hiratsuka
4 3/4in (12.1cm) high

$25,000 - 30,000

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