A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Recently Added the doors enclosing four shelves

the doors enclosing four shelves

the base engraved and pierced with heart shaped decoration

The bowl having twin gilded handles naturalistically modeled as tree branches with gilded leaves

Signed "Lalique France" vibrograph

Each guard stands crossed legged on a plinth decorated with an elephant

A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Recently Added the doors enclosing four shelvesA 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.