A MASSIVE JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE WATER CISTERN AND COVER

A MASSIVE JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE WATER CISTERN AND COVER

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The bulbous body raised on a stepped circular base, with lion-head handles to the sides, the knop shaped as a seated shishi and the spout modelled as a three-clawed dragon, with bands of shaped lappets to the shoulder and above the foot, together with a removable stopper, 48cm overall. (3)

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