A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Sculpture 24 cm X 18 cm

24 cm X 18 cm

painted with the nativity scene of Jesus

Fawkes taught drawing and painting at the Pacific Northwest College of Art

the sides having handles in an archaistic style

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A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Sculpture 24 cm X 18 cmA 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.