Ending 25th Jul, 2024 12:20
Timed Two-Day Auction: Asian Art Storage Wars
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1 week, 2 days, 8 hours, 1 minute and 44 seconds
A LARGE BRONZE KORO (CENSER) AND COVER WITH DRAGONS AND LION
€150
€300
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Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Finely cast in three parts, the elongated stepped base, decorated with two tigers in a bamboo grove near a rushing stream, with a rounded top supporting the base of the koro. Cast with two rain dragon handles, its tapering body with a short neck rising to a flared mouth and a flat rim, surmounted by an openwork cover with a Buddhist lion finial. The body is cast with two frames of sparrows perching on the branches of a blossoming prunus tree.
WEIGHT 6.9 kg
HEIGHT 61.6 cm
Condition: Wear, casting flaws, small nicks, minor losses, and both handles reattached, otherwise in good condition.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Finely cast in three parts, the elongated stepped base, decorated with two tigers in a bamboo grove near a rushing stream, with a rounded top supporting the base of the koro. Cast with two rain dragon handles, its tapering body with a short neck rising to a flared mouth and a flat rim, surmounted by an openwork cover with a Buddhist lion finial. The body is cast with two frames of sparrows perching on the branches of a blossoming prunus tree.
WEIGHT 6.9 kg
HEIGHT 61.6 cm
Condition: Wear, casting flaws, small nicks, minor losses, and both handles reattached, otherwise in good condition.
Provenance: Austrian private collection.
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Auction: Timed Two-Day Auction: Asian Art Storage Wars, ending 25th Jul, 2024
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