Antique Japanese Bronze Koro Incense Burner w/ Teachers & Elephant handles & Rings 3” H Statue This vintage Chinese vase stand

This vintage Chinese vase stand has a smooth black stained finish that very nicely reveals the subtle wood grain texture

This bowl measures 6 1/2" in diameter by 2" tall (16

it now serves as a stately waste paper basket or an elegant piece for holding potted plants

From the Murasaki Shikibu's 11th century literary masterpiece Tales of Genji

All locks are still operable with an included key

Antique Japanese Bronze Koro Incense Burner w/ Teachers & Elephant handles & Rings 3” H Statue This vintage Chinese vase standThis is a small bronze Koro Incense Burner with long legs, Elephant handles and a front and back which appears to depict Chinese intellectual scholars from Tang Dynasty China around a broken jar with liquid flowing out of it on the front and a smiling teacher and a pine tree on the back. (front and back are determined on koro by the foot placement, the single foot is the front the other two, the rear.) kobayashi