As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this large Meiji (1868-1912) or early Taisho Period( 1912-1926) pure silver Koro by the highly aclaimed Imperial artist Tsukada Shukyo (1848-1918), on this occasion in collaboration with Kurokawa Yoshikatsu. The globular body set on three legs with loop handles is inspired by the ancient Chinese ding form. The front and reverse each finely decorated with the Imperial chrysanthemum crest (kikkamonsho, ????), rendered as a stylized chrysanthemum with sixteen full and sixteen half petals arranged in alternation, a motif reserved exclusively for the Japanese Imperial Household and among the most important state and symbolic emblems of Japan. The upper rim encircled by a continuous key-fret band. The cover finely pierced with a stylized chrysanthemum motif surmounted by a seated shishi. This larger scale incense burner fully signed, Teishitsu Gigei-in Tsukada Shûkyô and kaô, this particular signature would indicate a ...