A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints circa 1860

circa 1860

This very fine tea caddy is engraved in the Chinoiserie taste

Works by the artist are housed in museums from the Louvre to the British Museum

25" tall X 4" wide

large-scale retrospective exhibition for Hu and received wide acclaim

A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints circa 1860A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer, circa 1890. The twin handled koro having a reticulated lid decorated with a domestic tea ceremony scene. The base with four panels also decorated with domestic scenes, one of fishing, a figural scene with a donkey & a comical scene of a boy with an umbrella stuck on his head. The base having a six character chop mark. Condition is excellent.