Splendors of Imperial Japan:
Meiji Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection

Incense Burner
Signed Shoami Katsuyoshi sen (carved by Shoami Katsuyoshi)

About 1890
Silver, with shakudo, shibuichi, gold, malachite, coral,
tiger’s eye, agate and nephrite; crystal ball
Height: 37.1 cm
By Shoami Katsuyoshi (1832-1908)

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