JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

742
PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
740A
MUSASHIYA WORKSHOP (CIRCA 1900)
A set of 12 small silver bowls
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, circa 1900
Each cast in silver, set on a low ring foot and decorated on the exterior
in low relief with chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms, bamboo, irises,
or lotus, stamped on the underside in English, Musashiya and Pure
Silver (12)
2 5/8in (6.6cm) diameter
$1,500 - 2,500
741
A SPHERICAL SILVER INCENSE BURNER
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Set on three cabriole legs decorated with swimming turtles in
shakudo, the removable top half pierced with cloud-shaped openings
and surmounted by a shishi (lion) finial, the upper edge of the lower
half applied with a narrow frieze of cranes flying among clouds in low
relief with gilt highlights
8 1/4in (20.9cm) high; 5 1/4in (13cm) diameter
742
ATTRIBUTED TO SUZUKI MASAYOSHI (1844-?)
A large bronze incense burner
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Cast and assembled in sections, the circular base supported by four
cabriole legs decorated with flowering vines in low relief, the ovoid
ash basin set on a stepped pedestal above four long dragonfish legs,
the basin decorated in relief with shaped panels of a landscape with a
woman kneeling beneath a pine tree, a basket of cut saplings on her
back, and a man pausing by a cherry tree for a smoke, the pedestal
decorated with geometric patterns and dragon roundels, the sides
applied with two large winged-dragon handles, the cover finished with
an elaborate finial formed as a samurai carrying a torch astride a rocky
outcropping above a coiling dragon
51 1/2in (130.8cm) high
$15,000 - 25,000
$2,000 - 3,000
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