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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN R. YOUNG
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NOGAWA COMPANY
A bronze incense burner
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Cast as Hotei’s treasure sack set on tall tripod feet, the shoulders
applied with cloud-form handles and the cinched neck flaring out
in imitation of the folds of the sack, decorated with herons in a
marsh and wisteria under a full moon obscured by clouds in iro-e
takazogan and takabori, the dome cover decorated with tasseled
floral lozenges and finished with a finial formed as Daitoku’s mallet
with a mouse scurrying up the side, with the mark of the Nogawa
company on the underside
9 7/8in (25cm) high

$1,500 - 2,000
ANOTHER PROPERTY
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MIYAO COMPANY
A bronze model of a warrior
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The standing male figure cast in bronze wearing a cuirass
decorated with a wave roundel under and open robe and hakama
(trousers) with his hands held aloft to hold a weapon, now lost,
signed Miyao on reverse, set on a wood stand
$1,500 - 2,500
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