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Lot 263
An inlaid bronze koro and cover By Makino, Meiji Period
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£7,000 - £9,000
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By Makino, Meiji Period
Cast in two separate sections, the base supported on four bronze fantastical mask-tongued feet, the globular body decorated in silver and gilt takazogan, with a sparrow resting on a tall bearded iris, the cover surmounted by a finial in the form of an eagle gripping a recumbent hare, the bird of prey patinated in gilt, bronze and shakudo, the base signed in gilt seal form Makino no in. 63½cm (25in) high. (2).
Cast in two separate sections, the base supported on four bronze fantastical mask-tongued feet, the globular body decorated in silver and gilt takazogan, with a sparrow resting on a tall bearded iris, the cover surmounted by a finial in the form of an eagle gripping a recumbent hare, the bird of prey patinated in gilt, bronze and shakudo, the base signed in gilt seal form Makino no in. 63½cm (25in) high. (2).
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菖蒲図象嵌大香炉 巻野 明治時代





