Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 664
A JAPANESE INLAID-BRONZE CENSER BY THE INOUE COMPANY
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £635
+ Buyers Premium
Description
A JAPANESE INLAID-BRONZE KŌRŌ AND COVER BY THE INOUE COMPANY OF KYOTO
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The body of the incense burner raised on three tall feet in the form of mythological beasts; decorated in relief and inlaid in bronze, silver, copper and gold with three swallows in flight between leafy branches of wisteria; the domed reticulated cover similarly worked with butterflies, surmounted by a knop in the form of a chrysanthemum bud; signed to the base with a seal reading Inoue sei, 13.3cm. (2)