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A BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) IN THE FORM OF A
SHACHIHOKO (DRAGON FISH)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
915 Cast in two sections as a shachihoko leaping with its tail in the air,
pierced at the nostrils and on the sides of the tail from which the
incense escapes
12 1/4in (31.1cm) high

$2,500 - 3,500
916
TWO INLAID BRONZE VASES
The first by Takatsugu
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 19th/20th century
The first, cylindrical, cast and finished to resemble a stoneware vessel,
applied with ring handles and decorated with an inlaid yellow-bronze
leaf and fruiting vine, obscurely signed on the underside []mitsu
With a tomobako storage box inscribed Zogan [] [] ko kabin, signed
Hoku[] no hito []mitsu saku and sealed []mitsu; the second, a small
bottle vase decorated with blossoming chrysanthemums beneath a
chrysanthemum crest in gold and silver hirazogan and kebori, signed
on the underside Takatsugu tsukuru and illegibly sealed, with a carved
wood stand
With a wood tomobako storage box
9 1/4in (23.4cm); 5 1/2in (13.8cm) high

$1,800 - 2,500

917
MASAMICHI (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
An unusual bronze vase
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho era (1912-1926) era, 19th/20th century
The globular vase cast in bronze with an everted mouth and decorated
on the surface with two Ise ebi (spiny lobsters) applied in high relief,
signed on the underside with chiseled signature Masamichi and with
an impressed dragonfly mark
917 9 3/4in (24.7cm) high
$2,500 - 3,500

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