A PORCELAIN VASE BY INOUE RYOSAI

Description:

Japan, underglaze-blue mark 'Inoue Ryosai, Meiji period
H. 24,5 cm
Finely potted and decorated in underglaze-blue, -brown, and -green, with a dragon among clouds and lightning above roaring waves, modelled in low relief with protruding eyes.
Born in 1827 in Seto, Inoue Ryosai moved to Edo (Tokyo) in 1866 and exhibited nationally and internationally from 1877 until 1903, winning many prizes.
From a Berlin private collection
Cf: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art - Meiji No Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, Ceramics Part 1, Porcelain, catalog nos. 89 and 90 - Good condition