KORO EN FORME DE KINKO CHEVAUCHANT LA CARPE... - Lot 2007 - Iegor

KORO EN FORME DE KINKO CHEVAUCHANT LA CARPE EN FAÏENCE DE SATSUMA JAPON, PERIODE MEIJI, CIRCA 1870-1880 Modele en forme de carpe jaillissant de flots que chevauche un vieillard portant une calotte de lettre et tenant un rouleau; decore en emaux polychromes et or. Les faiences de Sastuma furent souvent decorees d'apres des legendes populaires. Il s'agit ici d'un bel exemple de Kinko, un artiste peignant des poissons mais se refusant a en consommer et qui, en recompense, fut conduit par une carpe geante dans le palais sous-marin du Roi Dragon. Il est ici represente au moment de son retour a la surface. FINE SATSUMA KORO MODELLED AS KINKO RIDING THE GIANT CARP JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, CIRCA 1870-1880 Modelled as a carp jumping out of water and ridden by an old man wearing a scholar's cap and holding a scroll; enhanced with polychrome and gilt enamels. Satsuma wares were often decorated with subjects taken from popular legends. This koro is a good illustration of the story of Kinko, an artist who painted fish but refused to eat them. To thank him the Dragon King invited him to visit his submarine palace. Our hero is depicted on his way back, at the time he emerged from the ocean. Publication: LAWRENCE, Louis. Satsuma The Romance of Japan ?. Morven Gray / Meiji Satsuma Publications: California, USA, November 2011, p. 130. On joint un des 300 exemplaires de l'edition limitee du livre, signe et numerote Together with a volume of the signed and numbered special limited edition of 300. H: 25.7cm - 10 1/8