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A Meiji Period Bronze Koro (Censer) from Vantines browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Metalwork: Pre 1910: item # 891634 Please refer to our stock # COLL 9033 when inquiring.
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book $195.00 |
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This is a nice square bronze censer (koro) with a pyramid top – excellent patina and an most interesting design. On all four sides of the pyramidal top the design is that of stylized dragons in a humped position in order to fit within the small space. The four dragons in triangular spaces lead up to the top knob. On the base is an inscribed signature of Vantines – a famous importer of Asian goods in the late 19th century. The koro measures 3” square and is 2 ½” deep to the top of the knob. We date it to the mid Meiji period, circa 1880 – 1900. It is in excellent condition with the aforementioned fine patina with verdi gris. In the 1869, Ashley A. Vantine came to New-York and established himself in the Oriental goods business, opening his first shop for oriental wares in New York in 1869 on Broadway, near Eighth-street. A few years later he moved to 831 Broadway, and from there, in 1883, to 879 Broadway. Mr. Vantine traveled a great deal, particularly to China and Japan, crossing the Pacific sixteen times and made six visits to Turkey and Southern Russia. They even started a mail order business and came to have their own factories in Yokohama and Nagoya, Japan. A catalogue from 1917 is preserved at the University of Delaware Library. The text states that the book "enables you to rest comfortably at home in your easy chair, and, at your leisure, select by mail, with absolute confidence, from the largest collection of Oriental goods in America." The business shut down around 1951. |
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