Description: This large scale incense burner was made in the Meiji period in Japanese history. Cast between 1868 and 1899 the censer is topped with a Hawk peering down off a branch and flower lid. The body of the censer is cast with foliage, birds and branches meandering around the bulbous form that is then raised up on four legs. The bronze is a rich reddish chocolate brown patina. It is in mint condition. This period in history for Japan represented an enormous change in the country's daily life and its world relationships. With the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate and thus the Edo Period in 1876 the new emperor's reign and the country's change over from a feudal closed system to a more westernized government. This created a class of people looking for new ways to express themselves, the need for artists to create export wears and for the reinterpretation of crafts. The Meiji period of incense burners and wears made for domestic use and decorative western consumption that created a rage in France, England and America helping to usher in the Aesthetics Movement and ultimately a revolution in how fine artists saw the world because of woodblock prints creating the beginnings of the modern movement. •DimensionsHeight: 20 in. (50.08 cm)Width: 9.5 in. (25.13 cm)Depth: 8.5 in. (20.32cm)Weight: 11lbs 7oz.•StyleMeiji (Of the Period)•Materials and TechniquesBronze•Place of OriginJapan•PeriodLate 19th Century•Date of Manufacture1880
Price: 2999.99 USD
Location: Hatfield, Massachusetts
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Primary Material: Bronze
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Region of Origin: Japan
Age: 1850-1899
