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An iro-Nabeshima tea cup Edo Period, late 17th/early 18th century
5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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Edo Period, late 17th/early 18th century
Of straight-sided form, supported on a low square form foot, bearing a powder-blue ground and painted in enamels with a tatsutagawa design (maple leaves floating on water), with a wood storage box. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high; 6½cm (2 9/16in) diam. (2).
Of straight-sided form, supported on a low square form foot, bearing a powder-blue ground and painted in enamels with a tatsutagawa design (maple leaves floating on water), with a wood storage box. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high; 6½cm (2 9/16in) diam. (2).
Footnotes
鍋島 色絵竜田川図猪口 江戸時代(17世紀後期/18世紀前期)
For a set of five tea bowls of the same design, see Iroe Nabeshima, Commemorative exhibition, Asahi Shimbun, 1982, p.20.
























