A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY KIMOURA TOUN

£1,000 - £2,000

£1,100

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The baluster-shaped body with a flared rim and cast with a scaly dragon emerging from crashing waves, its ferocious head in high relief; raised on an impressive stand shaped as another writhing dragon; the vase signed Toun kore wa tsukuru in a rectangular cartouche underneath the dragon's tail, 56.5cm overall. (2)

See Sotheby's, Addiction - Benjamin Steinitz, 23rd July 2020, lot 75 for a related dragon-shaped vase base attributed to Toun. Also, see Musée Cernuschi, Paris, access. no.M.C.2082 for an incense burner with a coiling dragon signed Toun.

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