Japanese Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 331
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY KIMOURA TOUN
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE VASE BY KIMOURA TOUN
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.