Fine Satsuma kōro 香炉 (incense burner) with openwork lid - Satsuma - Ceramic - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)

Fine Satsuma kōro 香炉 (incense burner) with openwork lid - Satsuma - Ceramic - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912) Finely painted Japanese Koro. Three large vignettes, of ladies on a balcony with lake scene including fish and leisure boat, multilayered Shangrila style landscape with boaters, people crossing a bridge and Mt. Fuji like mountain in the distance, and chickens and chrysanthemums respectively, within complex gilt and enamel borders, openwork chrysanthemum petal lid, Loss and wear commensurate with great age. The Koro body is in excellent condition. No chips, cracks or repairs detected. Paintings still vivid and highly detailed. Top part of Koro rim features two, extremely tiny inner rim frits. Almost impossible to see under natural circumstances. Rim of top cover features two edge hairlines. Does not distract from the beauty of the piece. DISCLAIMER Heading into the end of the year/new year there will be delays and price increases. We do our best to disclose anything that will impact value and / or desirability. Ages and descriptions stated are our opinions based on over 30 years experience in selling antiques. All items are sold "as is". You the buyer are ultimately responsible for agreeing or disagreeing with our opinions BEFORE placing a bid. Attention Italian, Spanish, British, and Portuguese buyers: currently, Taiwan Post has suspended shipping to your countries. Should you win this lot, we reserve the right to ask for additional shipping fees to use private courier to ship this lot to you. If this doesn't appeal to you, please do not bid on this lot. Please note we cannot predict when the Taiwan Post will cancel or restore shipping service to any country. It changes back and forth with short notice. Once the package has been lodged with the postal authorities, control and responsibility over said package rests with them. A tracking number will be provided with the package which can be checked via the Taiwan computer database in English and/or Chinese and your own country database. Please follow up and track accordingly.