A pair of bronze handwarmers (teaburi). Late 19th century

A pair of bronze handwarmers (teaburi). Late 19th century

The splayed foot supporting a globular body with two chrysanthemum-shape handles with loose rings, the outside displaying chrysanthemums and birds amidst leafy foliage in relief, the same decoration in openwork on the domed lid, the foot with a frieze of lancet shapes. Cast signature at the base reading Hasegawa Settsu Daijo Tokuyuki saku.

Height 30.9 cm; max. width 31 cm

Provenance

Acquired in Kyoto in the 1970s/1980

Kleefisch, Cologne,14.6. 2003, lot 522

Klefsch, Cologne, 11./12.10.2013, lot 960