Lot 247

TWO JAPANESE BRONZE 'CRANE' KORO
20TH CENTURY

Auction: 16 March 2022 from 10:00 GMT
£750
Description
二十世紀 鑄銅鶴形香薰(一對)
each cast as a figural group of two cranes, arched back and wings of the larger crane with three perforations as cover, the body hollowed out as vessel
Dimensions
Heights: 29.3cm and 30cm
Provenance
Provenance: Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen (1852-1932), and then by descent.
Sir Maurice William Ernest de Bunsen was British Diplomat Sir Maurice William Ernest De Bunsen who held many important international diplomatic positions in the very early 20th century, notably, Ambassador to Spain between 1906 and 1913 and then Austria between 1913 and 1914.
