A pair of ko-Imari blue and white apothecary bottles Late 17th century
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A pair of ko-Imari blue and white inscribed apothecary bottles
Late 17th century
Each of bulbous form, with short tapering necks and thickened rims, the bodies sketchily painted with birds in flight among trailing peonies, beneath a band of variously sized spear-heads around the neck, each bottle bearing a wisteria roundel, inscribed HB. 24.1cm (9½in) high. (2).
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Footnotes

  • 有田　ＨＢ字入染付薬瓶　一対　17世紀後期

    For a similar example of a single bottle, see the Oriental Ceramic Society Exhibition Catalogue: Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750, London, 1990, p.98, pl.40. That example, from a private collection, bears a more elaborate inscription, but has a very similar design motif and form to the items exhibited here.

    The initials HB could possibly refer to Hendrick van Buytenheym who was the Opperhoofd, or 'Head of the Trading Station', on Deshima Island during the years 1685, 1688, 1691 and 1693.

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