Bonhams 1793 : An inlaid silver tripod koro (incense burner) and cover By Shoun, Meiji Period

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6 Nov 2012 14:30 GMT London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Afternoon Session
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An inlaid silver tripod koro (incense burner) and cover

By Shoun, Meiji Period
Supported on three squat legs, the body decorated in kebori and nikubori and inlaid with shibuichi and gilt takazogan with three Chinese pavilions beside a stone drum-bridge, set amidst landscape, the tiered roofs appearing through the thick pine foliage, the mountains in the distance and rockwork in the foreground picked out in katakiribori; the domed pierced cover carved with clouds, the interior silver lined, signed Shoun saku.
13cm (5 1/16in) high. (2).

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium

Footnotes

中国山水図透蓋銀香炉　照雲作　明治時代

The scene depicted is possibly a reference to the three famous pavilions of Ancient China: 滕王閣 (The Pavilion of Prince Teng), 黃鶴樓 (The Yellow Crane Tower) and 岳陽樓 (The Yueyang Tower), as illustrated in paintings by the Yuan Dynasty painter Xia Yong (active mid-14th century).