A Large Japanese Bronze Incense Burner

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

the incense bowl in the shape of a bowl with a pair of phoenix head terminals, the body cast with shaped panels enclosing birds perched on flowering prunus, flanked by a pair of ingot-form pendants, raised above water issuing from the mouth of a crouching dragon, all supported on a rounded rectangular stand.

Height 38 in., 96.5 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

In overall good stable condition, with some surface scratches and marks, but free of loose joins and repairs. Break and loos to the crest of one of the handles. Weight 23.05 kg.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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A Large Japanese Bronze Incense Burner

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