TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS

TWO JAPANESE CAST-IRON KETTLES AND COVERS, TETSUBIN

EDO/MEIJI PERIODS

One of bulbous shape, the body with a rough ishime (stone texture) surface and decorated to each side with a firefly fluttering above flowers, with details highlighted in gold and silver, the shaped handle with further inlaid details, the lid signed with a four character signature, the other with a square section body also rendered in ishime and with a seal mark beneath the spout, the lid signed Kogyoku do sei, 22.5cm. (4)