TOMONOBU KORO TRIPODE AU SHISHI EN FAÏENCE... - Lot 2018 - Iegor

TOMONOBU KORO TRIPODE AU SHISHI EN FAÏENCE DE SATSUMA DE TYPE KINRAN JAPON, PERIODE MEIJI, SIGNE A panse globulaire, reposant sur trois pieds aux masques, les anses relevees, coiffe d'un couvercle que couronne un bouton de prehension formant shishi; decore en emaux polychromes a palette Kinran de medaillons inscrits de phenix (ho-o) se detachant sur fond de rinceaux fleuris de paulownia. Signe sur l'exterieur du couvercle. L'iconographie de Shishi est derivee de la mythologie Chinoise. Il s'agit du chien fo que l'on reconnait a ses larges yeux, sa gueule feroce et sa queue ebouriffee. Cette oeuvre est a rapprocher d'un koro tripode au shishi par CHIN Jukan illustre a la page 170 du catalogue de l'exposition retrospective organisee a Paris en 2010. FINE SATSUMA TRIPOD KORO DECORATED IN KINRAN COLORS WITH SHISHI FINIAL JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, SIGNED With a globular body, resting on three feet with applied masks, with upraised handles, topped by a lid with a spectacular Shishi finial molded in the round; adorned in Kinran colors with two medallions painted with phoenixes (ho-o) on a ground covered all over with paulownia flowers and scrolls. Signed on the exterior of the cover. This piece is a marvellous example of a Shishi, an animal that has its origins in Chine mythology (see Foo dogs). These dogs are notably characterized by their fierced expressions and busy tails. A good comparison would be a koro by CHIN Jukan to be found at page 170 in the catalog of the retrospective exhibition held in Paris in 2010. Publication: LAWRENCE, Louis. Satsuma The Romance of Japan. Morven Gray / Meiji Satsuma Publications: California, USA, November 2011, p. 162. 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. Source: COLLECTIF. CHIN 4 siecles de ceramique De la Coree au Japon, une Odyssee familiale 15 generations de ceramistes CHIN Jukan?. The Asahi Shimbun Company / Dai N