A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints This helmet would have belonged

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

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

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection amongst many others

signed to the lower right

A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints This helmet would have belongedA 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.