A LARGE JAPANESE KUTANI OVOID VASE

A LARGE JAPANESE KUTANI OVOID VASE

MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

Decorated with a phoenix and a large writhing dragon amongst scrolling clouds and above crashing waves, in gilt and silver on the deep iron-red ground, the neck with a key fret border, the base inscribed Dai Nihon Kutani zo and with a three-character impressed seal mark, 35.5cm.