Lot 189: A Large Pottery Brazier for the Tea Ceremony

Edo period (dated 1830), incised date and signature on base Bunsei kanoe tora Robei zo (Made by Mokubei in 1830) and impressed seals Seirai and Mokubei [Aoki Mokubei (1767-1833)]
Modeled after a Chinese archaic ritual vessel, set on a high, slightly splayed foot and decorated with cranes and lotus moulded in high-relief and with notched flanges on the sides, painted in yellow, green and aubergine enamels, the handle modeled as a Chinese-style mythical beast; lower half of the basin of the vessel and interior of the foot and base of the vessel unglazed
18 1/2 in. (47cm.) wide

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