Caption

Incense burner koro, Meiji period late 19th century, Japan; bronze vessel with dragon-shaped handles; decorated with dragons, devils, elephants, zodiac signs, peacocks, pine trees, peonies, bodhisattva imagery, and Amaterasu; function: incense burner; dimensions: height 255.0 cm, width 78.0 cm, depth 46.0 cm., A tall ornate metal sculpture stands against a plain light-gray background, showing a dark brown to black patina with some subtle reddish-brown highlights; the piece rises from a round stepped base into a wide tripod section with carved animal-like feet and a band of decorative relief, above which a column formed by sculpted human figures and wrapped ornamental elements supports a bulbous central vessel adorned with high-relief foliage and figural motifs, further topped by a narrower neck with layered carved rings and crowned by a small standing human figure.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_297

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Rights managed

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77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Incense burner koro Meiji period late 19th century Japan bronze vessel dragon-shaped handles decorated dragons devils elephants zodiac signs peacocks pine trees peonies bodhisattva imagery Amaterasu function incense burner dimensions height 255.0 cm width 78.0 cm depth 46.0 cm tall ornate metal sculpture stands plain light-gray background showing dark brown black patina subtle reddish-brown highlights piece rises round stepped base wide tripod section carved animal- feet band decorative relief column formed sculpted human figures wrapped ornamental elements supports bulbous central vessel adorned high-relief foliage figural motifs further topped narrower neck layered carved rings crowned small standing human figure.