Japan, Meiji period
Comprising: a kettle with the body textured and cast with a bird above frothing waves, the spout formed as the head of a mythological creature, signed kibundo zo within a square seal; and two kettles each formed as a treasure sack tied at the neck with a tasselled rope, the body cast with fragmented rinzu (textile-weave) patterns, with fitted iron covers, one kettle signed below the spout with seal ueda zo.
23cm (9in) high. (6).
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明治時代 鉄瓶三件