Takemura Tatsutaro - Koro
A bronze koro (incense burner) and cover, inlaid throughout in gold and shakudo with foliate motifs, on three legs decorated with fierce masks and paw feet, the cover with a howling kirin.
Signed Dai Nihon, Teitoku Toyama-ken Takaoka-shi, Takemura Tatsutaro saku
Height 40cm
Meiji Period, circa 1880
£16,500