Three-legged bronze incense burner

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 550
Type: object for daily use; metalwork
Date of production:
first half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by János Xántus
Signed: Keikin sei (奚?金製)
Marks: "X75" crossed out on the base.
Materials/Techniques: bronze, cast
Dimensions: height:6.6 cm
diameter: 11.8 cm
diameter (mouth): 7.4 cm
weight: approx. 1 kg
Three-legged censer decorated with the motifs of birds and waves. Kōrō. Purchased by János Xántus in Japan in 1869.