{"product_id":"antique-bronze-tanuki-koro-incense-burner","title":"Antique Bronze Tanuki Koro Incense Burner","description":"\u003cp\u003eA curious little tanuki koro or incense burner. Made of wonderfully patinated bronze.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKoro are used as incense burners, often filled with ash where incense sticks or cones can be placed and burned. They are usually designed so that the smoke can rise through an opening like the mouth here. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe casting is wonderfully detailed with a fantastic expression. He is holding a daifuku-cho or \"big luck book\" and his hand is raised like a maneki neko, so perhaps this koro represents prosperity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt one point this would have had a hat covering the opening, this is now sadly lost to time. But never the less still presents as a wonderful sculpture. With the open top ive actually been using this to keep pens in! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMissing hat aside, in good condition, with a couple of patches of wear on the tail, the interior has been lined with some kind of mortar, presumably to stop it getting too hot if charcoal was placed in the burner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFound in Northern Japan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeasures 12cm tall. \u003cbr\u003eQuite heavy for its size weighing 700g \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kanso House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51351526539569,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/2399\/1857\/files\/Bronze_Tanuki_Koro_01.jpg?v=1747219281","url":"https:\/\/kansohouse.com.au\/products\/antique-bronze-tanuki-koro-incense-burner","provider":"Kanso House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}