TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS

TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS, TETSUBIN

EDO/MEIJI PERIODS

One of tapering form decorated with a small crab beside reeds under the moon to one side, a four character poem to the other, the rim with a key fret border and the lid signed Ryubundo zo, the other kettle of bulbous shape and with fruiting pomegranate plants to one side and sprays of shukaido (hardy begonia) to the other, with details inlaid in silver, unsigned, together with a small bronze water dropper, 17cm max. (6)