A Japanese Bronze Flower Vase

Signed Joun (Oshima Joun, 1858-1940)

of square section, the straight walls rising to a flared mouth rim decorated with a keyfret band, the exterior finely cast to show two sinuous dragons, two turles and a flying hoho bird amogst clouds, all against a interlocing T ground, cast with a pair of mythical beast form-handles, raised on a square stand with splaying feet, the underside bearing a Joun two-character mark, 如意 within a rectangular panel.

Height 7 1/8 in., 18.1 cm.

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Annie Wu

Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art

anniewu@freemansauction.com 312.447.3260

Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.