A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints the painting is housed in

the painting is housed in the original brass frame with a hinged hanging hook to the top

25" tall X 4" wide

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

This helmet would have belonged to a nobleman of the Imperial court or a very high ranking officer

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection amongst many others

A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints the painting is housed inA 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.