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Oshima Joun (1858-1940)
An impressive bronze incense burnerMeiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 19th/20th centuryThe rectangular basin tapering to the base and set on four tall legs decorated with taotie (beast mask) images and clouds, the sides of the basin with shishi and brocade balls, and a coiling five-clawed dragon clutching a flaming jewel, each on a ground of clouds and Chinese-style geometric designs, with tall handles decorated with dragons, flaming jewels and chrysanthemum scroll, the cover finished with a finial cast as Bunshosei (Kui Xing) atop a shachihoko (dragon fish) holding a wriiting brush and an inkstone, the deity dressed in animal-skin britches with a compass suspended from his waist, signed on the underside in seal form Ichijoken Joun and with a kao 30 1/8in (76.5cm) high
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ProvenancePurchased from Sydney L. Moss, London, 1995