A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Sculpture weight is 463 grams

weight is 463 grams

each stands on a rectangular red Breccia marble plinth

designers and aristocrats

Each base finely cast as a seated putto on a gilt bronze rocky outcrop

A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Sculpture weight is 463 gramsA 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.