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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, NEW YORK
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A COPPER LOTUS FROM EGORO (CENSER)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 19th/20th
century
The lotus-flower ash cup set on an inverted lotus-leaf pedestal and
fitted with a stem handle with smaller decorative flowers and leaves
and a hinged incense holder formed as a lotus bud
11 3/4in (29.8cm) wide
$4,000 - 6,000

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN R. YOUNG
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A BRONZE AND MIXED-METAL INCENSE BURNER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The globular vessel on tall tripod feet and applied with standing
handles decorated with flowering vines and butterflies in iro-e
takazogan and shishiaibori, the finial formed as a shishi rearing up
on its hind legs clutching a brocade ball, with a removable bronze
ash cup
12in (30.5cm) high
$1,500 - 2,000

PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
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SEIMIN (ACTIVE CIRCA 1737)
A gilt-bronze model of a stag
Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1737
337 Cast in bronze as a recumbent stag, his legs folded under his
body with his head held high under a magnificent rack of antlers,
the surace details chiseled with fine lines, decorated in a piebald
pattern in gilt, signed on the underside Seimin and dated Genbun
ninen
25in (63.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
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