A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints The vase from Rene Lalique's

The vase from Rene Lalique's lifetime rather than one of the post 1945 vases

the helmet having holes around the base where silk cloth padding would have been attached

signed and dated 1908

Hamaguchi settled in Paris in 1953

The rear of the charger is also decorated with six floral panels and three concentric blue circular bands containing 'X & O' decoration

A good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer Drawings & Prints The vase from Rene Lalique'sA good & large antique Meiji period Japanese bronze brazier, koro or handwarmer, circa 1890. The twin handled koro having a reticulated lid decorated with a domestic tea ceremony scene. The base with four panels also decorated with domestic scenes, one of fishing, a figural scene with a donkey & a comical scene of a boy with an umbrella stuck on his head. The base having a six character chop mark. Condition is excellent.