SOME CHIPS, CRACKS AND OLD RESTORATIONS PRESENT; PLEASE STUDY ALL PHOTOGRAPHS CAREFULLY AS THEY FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.
SUPERB LARGE PAIR OF ANTIQUE JAPANESE SATSUMA STYLE TRIPOD KORO (INCENSE BURNERS), LATE MEIJI TO EARLY TAISHO PERIOD, CIRCA 1890–1915. RICHLY HAND PAINTED WITH SAMURAI / LOHAN (RAKAN) FIGURES, GEOMETRIC BROCADE PANELS, FANS AND FLORAL MOTIFS, DECORATED IN IRON RED, COBALT BLUE, MUSTARD YELLOW AND BLACK WITH RAISED MORIAGE ENAMEL DOTS OVER A FINE, DEEPLY AGED CRACKLE GLAZE.
CLASSICAL CHINESE-INSPIRED FORM WITH BULBOUS BODIES, FLARED NECKS, THREE ANIMAL-CLAW FEET, APPLIED SIDE HANDLES AND DOMED LIDS SURMOUNTED BY SHISHI (FOO DOG) FINIALS. RED IRON WORKSHOP MARKS TO BASES, TYPICAL OF MEIJI EXPORT SATSUMA WARE PRODUCED FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET.
THE CRAQUELURE IS THICK, IRREGULAR AND NATURALLY DARKENED, INDICATING GENUINE AGE AND LEAD GLAZE ABSORPTION, NOT THE CLEAN UNIFORM CRACKLE OF LATER 20TH CENTURY REPRODUCTIONS.
SOME CHIPS, CRACKS AND OLD RESTORATIONS PRESENT; PLEASE STUDY ALL PHOTOGRAPHS CAREFULLY AS THEY FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.
IMPRESSIVE SCALE AND STRONG DECORATIVE IMPACT, IDEAL FOR DISPLAY IN A VICTORIAN, EDWARDIAN OR ORIENTALIST INTERIOR.
HEIGHT APPROX: 31 CM (12.2 INCHES), MAX DIAMETER APPROX: 16 CM (6.3 INCHES)