A pair of hibachi [braziers] | Edo period, 19th century

A pair of hibachi [braziers] 

Edo period, 19^th century 

of typical form on four feet pierced with inome-bori [boar's eye openings], decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a black lacquer ground, with aoi mon [leaves of wild ginger crests], the copper-gilt fittings chased and engraved with foliate scrolls, copper-gilt liners

each 53.5 x 53.5 cm., 21 x 21 in.