IZUMI SEIJO (1865-1937)

An inlaid Bronze Monumental Three-Legged Koro (Incense Burner) and En-Suite Cover
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
The bronze body decorated in gold, silver, bronze, copper and shakudo high relief inlays with three carp swimming beneath overhanging branches of hagi (bush clover) on one side and five geese in flight, diving or wading among reeds and fuyo (cotton rose mallow) on the other, the cover carved with simulated waves and surmounted by a silver and shibuichi finial in the form of a bird of prey attacking a seagull, the upright bracket handles, the edge of the cover and stand pierced with a narrow band of repeated shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) patterns, the base with three lobed panels pierced with dense kiri mon (paulownia crests) interwoven among karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); signed within a square reserve Izumi Seijo iru with a kao. 95.5cm x 35cm (37 5/8in x 13¾in). (2).
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