Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 28
A JAPANESE ELEPHANT-SHAPED KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND COVER)
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £480
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Description
A JAPANESE ELEPHANT-SHAPED KORO (INCENSE BURNER AND COVER)
EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY
The recumbent pachyderm with its head slightly turned to the right, the surface with a bluish-white glaze and the eye with an iron-brown dot, the lid pierced with four circular apertures, the base with gauze marks, in a tomobako wood box, 18cm. (3)
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.