Japanese & Korean Art - 23 May 2018
973
A RARE JAPANESE WATER DROPPER SHAPED AS A SHISHI
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The mythical beast seated on its haunches, its scrolling mane and bushy tail highlighted in blue enamels and with the tip of the ears in red, 13.5cm.
See Christie's London, 12th May 2010, lot 320 for a pair of Kakiemon shishi water droppers from the same model.


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