Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022

Lot 1

A KOREAN IRON-PAINTED DRAGON JAR

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550

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Description

A KOREAN IRON-PAINTED DRAGON JAR

JOSEON OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Of compressed ovoid form, raised on a short foot and with a straight rim, the body decorated with a large writhing dragon, the iron-brown design painted on the creamy-grey ground with minute brown specks, the base with an incised character, together with an inscribed tomobako wood box, 24cm. (2)