A Kakiemon jar painted with flowers and clouds, 17th century, Christie's, 5.6.90 lot 22
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Property from the Harriet Szechenyi Collection
A Kakiemon jar
Late 17th century
Of ovoid form, painted with clouds and butterflies above branches of flowering prunus and tree peonies growing beside rocks, beneath a formal border, in underglaze-blue, iron-red, green and yellow enamels.
22cm (8 5/8in) high
Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 柿右衛門　色絵梅に蝶文花瓶　17世紀後期

    For a similar example, see Hayashiya Seizo, Nihon no Toji, vol.IX, pl.56.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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