KYOMIZO ROKUBEI IV (1848-1920): A MID 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE...
KYOMIZO ROKUBEI IV (1848-1920): A MID 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE GLAZED EARTHENWARE BRAZIER AND LID IN THE SHAPE OF OKAME the hand warmer with a removable lid with aperture in the top, with maker's mark to the reverse, together with the original padded fabric base and box, also signed, 23cm high excluding base, This brazier would have been used as part of the tea ceremony. A very similar example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum number: 273&LID-1877.
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
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KYOMIZO ROKUBEI IV (1848-1920): A MID 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE GLAZED EARTHENWARE BRAZIER AND LID IN THE SHAPE OF OKAME the hand warmer with a removable lid with aperture in the top, with maker's mark to the reverse, together with the original padded fabric base and box, also signed, 23cm high excluding base, This brazier would have been used as part of the tea ceremony. A very similar example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Museum number: 273&LID-1877.
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000