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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED DECEASED ESTATE
272 W
IZUMI SEIJO (1865-1937)
An inlaid Bronze Monumental Three-Legged Koro (Incense Burner)
and En-Suite Cover
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
The bronze body decorated in gold, silver, bronze, copper, and
shakudo high-relief inlays with three carp swimming beneath
overhanging branches of hagi (bush clover) on one side and five geese
in flight, diving or wading among reeds and fuyo (cotton rose mallow)
on the other, the cover carved with simulated waves and surmounted
by a silver and shibuichi finial in the form of a bird of prey attacking a
seagull, the upright bracket handles, the edge of the cover and stand
pierced with a narrow band of repeated shippo-zunagi (linked-cash)
patterns, the base with three lobed panels pierced with dense kiri-mon
(paulownia crests) interwoven among karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’);
signed within a square reserve Izumi Seijo iru with a kao.
95.5cm x 35cm (37 5/8in x 13¾in). (2).
£15,000 - 20,000
JPY2,900,000 - 3,900,000
US$20,000 - 26,000

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