Ceramic, bulging body on three shaped legs, on the sides as handles and also as a lid crowning fully shaped Fo dog (once rest. on the snout), figuratively colored with enamel and gold colors on a cream-colored background, hand-painted (traditional courtly scene and presumably group with samurai warriors), the koro or incense burner was used to burn incense sticks or perfume in its solid form, the lion dog is symbolic in Japan - it was usually placed at the entrance to religious sites to ward off evil spirits, exceptionally large Representative incense burner, H ca. 61 cm, W ca. 50 cm, Japan, Meiji period (1864 - 1912)
