A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER)

A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER)
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The rectangular body raised on curled feet and with scrolling handles, the sides decorated with a continuous scene depicting minogame, the mythical turtles amongst crashing waves; the rim with a border of four-petalled flower mon, all rendered in inlaid wires; together with an inner liner, 21cm x 69cm x 39.5cm. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.