A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

A JAPANESE GOSU SATSUMA INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, KORO

MEIJI 1868-1912

The compressed bulbous body raised on three short feet, decorated with a continuous scene of Mandarin ducks on a stream, with the Three Friends of Winter (prunus, pine and bamboo) above them, the lid with a chrysanthemum-shaped knop and with brocade designs, the base with the Shimazu mon and inscribed underneath tsukuru Oyama/Koyama, 10.3cm overall. (2)