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A substantial exhibition quality Japanese bronze floor standing…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Nov-2010
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Description:
A substantial exhibition quality Japanese bronze floor standing censer, unsigned, late Meiji period, the large and impressive vessel raised on a on naturalistically modelled stand featuring a stylized wave motif, the cover surmounted by a finely cast figure of a powerful eagle atop a rocky outcrop amidst fleeing monkeys, the body decorated with dragons amongst clouds on a Chinese key pattern ground, flanked by magnificent side finials cast as scaled dragons, resting on fruiting peach branches and the base, continuing the
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Category:
Oriental: Bronze