Thank you for viewing from among many items. I will ship the items shown in the photos. ■Item Takaoka Copperware Incense Burner, Owl Incense Burner Sculptor: Sotaro Saegusa ■Material Aluminum ■Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth) 12 x 10 x 10 cm (approximate measurements) ■Sculptor Sotaro Saegusa's Biography Former Nitten (Japan Fine Arts Exhibition) Associate Member Former Member of the Japan Sculpture Association Former Member of the Japan Artists Association Former Honorary Member of the Shin Kozo Exhibition (Painting and Sculpture Departments) Former Honorary Professor at Nagoya University of Arts Born in Kagawa Prefecture Graduated from Kagawa Prefectural Technical High School, Metalworking Department in 1930 Graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo Fine Arts School (now Tokyo University of the Arts) in 1935 ■Awards First selection for the 15th Teiten (Imperial Art Exhibition) Third Department (Sculpture) in 1934 (while in school), and subsequent annual entries in Bunten, Nitten First selection for the 8th Kozo-sha Exhibition (Painting Department) in 1934, and subsequent annual entries Promoted to member of the Shin Kozo-sha Exhibition (Painting Department) in 1941, and currently exhibiting as a member Chunichi Award at the Nitten Nagoya Exhibition in 1958 Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Nagoya University of Arts in 1970 Retired from Nagoya University of Arts in 1986 Chunichi Award at the Nitten Nagoya Exhibition in 1987 First entry as a member of the 65th Shin Kozo Exhibition (Sculpture Department) in 1993 "Ikuji" (Nurturing) Tokyo Governor's Award Minister of Education's Encouragement Prize for "Still Life" at the 71st Shin Kozo Exhibition (Sculpture Department) in 1999 Died in October 2006 ※No comment is needed before purchase. ※Immediate purchase is welcome! ※Transactions without comments are OK. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions. 00025001227000