Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Lot Estimate
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Unsold
About this Item
A Japanese enamelled and green-glazed vase, Meiji period (1868-1912)
ovoid, enamelled with a continuous scene of two mischievous oni intrigued by a seated arhat holding a bowl issuing a three-clawed dragon in his left hand and a bell in his right, before a tree and censor, all against an olive-green crackle ground, the shoulders brightly enamelled with four flowerheads between stippled borders, the neck similarly enamelled, drilled to the reverse, 36,5cm high
ovoid, enamelled with a continuous scene of two mischievous oni intrigued by a seated arhat holding a bowl issuing a three-clawed dragon in his left hand and a bell in his right, before a tree and censor, all against an olive-green crackle ground, the shoulders brightly enamelled with four flowerheads between stippled borders, the neck similarly enamelled, drilled to the reverse, 36,5cm high