Live Auction 6071Japanese Art & Design
A Pair of Bronze Incense Burners
Lot 42

A Pair of Bronze Incense Burners

SIGNED KAMEJO [TURTLE WOMAN], EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY)

Closed16 May 2012

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GBP 6,000

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A Pair of Bronze Incense Burners
Signed Kamejo [Turtle woman], Edo Period (late 18th century)
Of Mandarin ducks, the feather detail well rendered and finely patinated, detachable covers
28.5cm. long (2)

Specialist note

Kamejo (d.1772), a lady bronze maker from a family of bronze makers in Nagasaki. She specialized in incense burners in the form of a quail, of which there are examples in both the Tokyo National Museum and the British Museum.