A Satsuma Koro-Gosu Blue Tokugawa Crest-Edo/Meiji
December 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This wonderful Japanese Satsuma Koro - incense burner - has four mons of the Tokugawa clan done in the highly prized gosu blue enamel - (See footnotes.) Three of the mons are on the sides and one is in the center of the top of the koro. They are all executed in overglaze blue enamel. These mons are surrounded by underglaze olive brown colored karakusa vines. There are two fake raised rings on the sides of the koro...