Antique Japanese Gilt Bronze Koro Incense Burner Shishi Lion Finial ~5"H Vase Its thick high walls make

Its thick high walls make it more suitable for tea ceremony of the cooler months

or inclusion in a focused Himalayan art collection

Having been in storage or carefully displayed they remain in overall fine vintage condition

This plate has a stamp print design of tree branches filled in with hand painted blossoms

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Antique Japanese Gilt Bronze Koro Incense Burner Shishi Lion Finial ~5"H Vase Its thick high walls makeAntique Japanese Gilt Bronze Koro Incense Burner Shishi Lion Finial ~5"H Antique Japanese Gilt Bronze Koro (Incense Burner) with Shishi Guardian Lion Finial Japan, late Meiji to early Shwa period (circa 18901935) Dimensions: 5 W 5 H A finely cast Japanese gilt bronze koro (incense burner) designed in a rectangular archaic form with a domed pierced lid surmounted by a lively shishi (lion dog) finial resting a paw upon a brocade ball. The body and lid