A JAPANESE MIXED METAL 'KAKI FRUIT' TEA KETTLE AND COVER

Meiji period

With a lobed body imitating the shape of persimmon, kaki, the slender spout and hinged handle formed as knotty branches, the surface of copper colour, decorated to the side with an attendant fruit and a small crab, the opposite side with a wasp flying above twisted branches issuing spotty leaves, all embellished with gilt and other metal alloys,

17cm high, 15cm across, 425g

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