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607
A FINE SILVER AND ENAMEL INCENSE BURNER
AND COVER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The globular vessel supported on tripod feet, worked
on the surface in an ishime (stone texture) finish and
decorated with floral roundels in openwork filigree,
carved in low relief with highlights of enamel, or worked
in silver and gilt wires and translucent colored enamels,
the body applied with shachihoko (dragon-fish) handles,
the neck embellished with a band of lappets containing
floral garlands and the shoulder with a barbed collar of
chrysanthemum scrolls, the cover with floral roundels
and surmounted with a four-leaf finial surrounding a
central chrysanthemum flower
4 1/4in (10.8cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

The enamel work on this piece is likely by Hiratsuka
Mohei, who contributed similar decoration to several
silver pieces in the Khalili and other collections, compare
Joe Earle, Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji
Period from the Khalili Collection, London, Khalili Family
Trust, 2002, cat. nos. 29 and 152; see also Bonhams
& Butterfields, Transformation, Summation, Creation:
Masterpieces of Japanese Meiji-Era Craft from a Private
Collection, New York, 2015, cat. no. 5.

608
A SMALL SHIBUICHI INCENSE BURNER
Meiji era (1868-1912), early 20th century
The six-lobed body resting on three feet, the lid in the
form of a blossom surmounted by a bird finial, the
sides of the body chiseled and with gold and silver
inlay depicting a continuous landscape of Mount Fuji,
a lake, sailboats, rustic dwellings, pine trees, islands,
a torii (shrine arch), birds, and a jetty, the shoulder with
chrysanthemum crests, the lid applied with magnolia,
cherry, chrysanthemum and other plants
4in (10.1cm) high
$4,000 - 5,000

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