globular form on three feet, densely chased with foliage, with gilt crests for the Tokugawa shogunate along the shoulder, dragon mask handles, the rim pierced with triangles, topped by a removable matching incense holder, lacking cover

Richard Canfield (1855-1914) and Genevieve Wren Martin Canfield (1869-1957), m. 1882
Grace Martin Canfield and Martin Edward Hannon, and by descent

as noted re. missing cover, handles on base probably lacking rings, a few dings to base of incense holder, otherwise good condition
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The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu and the Edo bakufu, was the last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 1868.

Richard A. Canfield (1855-1914) was a prominent American businessman and art collector. Known as the "Prince of Gamblers", he was one of the earliest to develop the modern day resort casino and the solitaire game Canfield is named in his honor.  After establishing a well-known gambling operation in Providence, RI, he moved to New York in the 1880’s opening Canfield's Clubhouse at 5 East 44th Street and the Saratoga Clubhouse in Saratoga Springs. His gambling resorts were frequented by members of wealthy families like the Whitneys, Vanderbilts and Morgans, as well as gambling legends Diamond Jim Brady and John Warne "Bet-a-Million" Gates. In 1907, when reformers succeeded in banning gambling, Canfield was forced to close his casinos. In his later years, Canfield owned a successful glass making business and continued to expand h𒁃is art collection. He was a personal friend of James Abbott McNeill Whi♑stler and possessed the second largest Whistler collection in the world prior to his death.