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A MONUMENTAL JAPANESE PATINATED-BRONZE KORO (INCENSE BURNER) MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY Surmounted by a praying eagle perched on rockwork above a vase-shaped body cast in high relief with a Chinese warrior facing a Japanese samurai within watersprays to one side and a karashishi among blossoming peony branches to the obverse, the lower portion with entwined dragons and mythical beast monopedia, on a circular base raised on six upside down hanging bat feet 112 in. (286 cm.) high
With the restoration of the Meiji Emperor and the opening of trade with the West, Japan began to participate in the Occident's International Exhibitions and promote its nation’s products. Among the most popular items were Japanese bronze works, including koros (incense burners) such as the example seen here. Beautifully modelled and intricately cast koros were collected by such high profile taste makers as Siegfried Bing, who in 1881 went on to sell a valuable koro by the known Japanese artist Kako to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London for the staggering price at the time of £1,586. 7s. 2d., a sum which required special dispensation from the Treasury (inv. 188:1 to 9-1883).