JAPANESE CAST IRON TETSUBIN Raised alternating figural landscape, brocade and calligraphic decoration about the body. Cover with man...

JAPANESE CAST IRON TETSUBIN Meiji Period

Raised alternating figural landscape, brocade and calligraphic decoration about the body. Cover with mandarin bead-style finial. Signed on inside of lid. Base cut with four-character seal mark. Height 8".

Condition: Traces of gilding on handle, worn. Height without handle: 4". Length 6".

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