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A fine and large Japanese Meiji period bronze censer, c. 1875,…
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A fine and large Japanese Meiji period bronze censer, c. 1875, the lid styled in the form of a 62 ken Kabuto with full relief defending eagle. The fat baluster body has a lotus petal collar with two Decorative low relief panels on polished ground, side 1: a Shoki figure with twin axes in a river landscape, side 2: birds under peony flowers both panels within a raised scroll border and a connecting field of repeating floral scroll squares and diaper patterns finished in a subtle red/brown coloured patina, the body stands on four Oni style grotesque mask feet. The base has a low relief two character mark under a scene of cranes and a pine tree (minor solder repair), with translation supplied by owner as Takazago and Tenkai ichi fujiwara yoshi in the lefthand margin, height 66 cm
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