A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Sculpture 24 cm X 18 cm

24 cm X 18 cm

the sides having handles in an archaistic style

to the far background are boats on the banks of the Arno river

Fawkes taught drawing and painting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art

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A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Sculpture 24 cm X 18 cmA good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer, circa 1890. The twin handled koro having a reticulated lid decorated with a domestic tea ceremony scene. The base with four panels also decorated with domestic scenes, one of fishing, a figural scene with a donkey & a comical scene of a boy with an umbrella stuck on his head. The base having a six character chop mark. Condition is excellent.