A JAPANESE BRONZE KORO AND COVER

A JAPANESE BRONZE KORO AND COVER

EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous body shaped as a peony bud, the petals with striations and areas highlighted in mixed metals including kinzogan, rogin and yamagane alloys, inlaid in honzogan, the decoration of the lid in openwork echoing the shape of the body, with a bud-shaped knop,12cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection.