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Oni with big jar, bronze sculpture with brown patina, engraved flowers, Japan

Oni with big jar, bronze sculpture with brown patina, engraved flowers, Japan

Regular price $1,100.00 USD
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Small statue of a kneeling demon, oni (two small horns on its head) clad in a loin cloth, holding over its head a large jar engraved with four cartouches containing a flower or plant: hibiscus, gourd, camellia(?) and plum blossom. Cast bronze with brown patination (cast in three parts).

 

The statue can be used as an incense burner. It has been used in the past as a candle holder, wax remnants on the inside and rim of the jar.

 

Japan, Meiji-Taisho era, 1910s

 

H 6.75 x W 3 in.

 

Few scratches and tiny dings on the edge of the jar, candle wax remnants inside the jar. All in all in excellent condition. Bottom plate filled up with resin.

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