JAPANESE, EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD
FINE AND RARE SQUARE-SECTION KORO, MYOCHIN MARK
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Auction: 19 March 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
明珍紀宗 不動明王圖金工方爐
of rectangular form, decorated with Fudo Myoo and two attendants Kongara and Seitaka, the opposite with a large shishi clambering upon a rock, two other sides each with a long-tailed bird in flight holding a knotted cord in its beak, and a large chrysanthemum flower underneath, the cover decorated with geometric patterns and shaped apertures for the smoke to escape, the underside of the lid with a cut-out design of a similar bird, all raised on four legs shaped as archaistic monsters, inscribed Myochin ki Munenori beside Fudo Myoo to the front, inlaid iron
Dimensions
34.5cm wide (13 ½in wide)