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KIRYŪ KŌSHŌ KAISHA 起立工商会社 (THE PIONEERING CRAFT AND COMMERCE COMPANY) A Large and Outstanding Rare Documentary Bronze Incense-Burner 古獣文飛馬装飾彫金ブロンズ大香炉「温知図録」図案掲載Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1880
A Large and Outstanding Rare Documentary Bronze Incense-Burner 古獣文飛馬装飾彫金ブロンズ大香炉「温知図録」図案掲載Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1880Of rectangular form and stepped outline with two vertical handles, the mottled reddish-brown patinated bronze body decorated with several bands of decoration largely based on early Chinese ornament, variously executed in different techniques as follows: the base cast with seigaiha (stylized wave) designs, the foot cast and inlaid with floral designs, the front and back of the body each with cast relief of a hōō bird surrounded by leaves and tendrils, the sides of the body each cast with a peony blossom, a wider band above the body cast with ascending and descending lappets, the bands below the mouth variously decorated in flat gold inlay with stylized fish, confronted hōō and other exotic birds, and hares and clematis, the topmost register of the vase, the lowest register of the cover, and the handles cast with concentric whorls, the sides of the lid decorated in flat gold inlay with exotic birds and squirrels and grapes, the topmost register of the cover cast with stylized floral motifs, the cover surmounted by a prancing, richly caparisoned winged horse with inlaid gold and silver decoration; with a later wood stand with gold-lacquer squirrel-and-grape designs echoing the designs around the cover 34in (86.5cm) high with stand; 27 1/8in (69cm) high without stand