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A small and rare Nabeshima choko (sake cup) Late 17th/early 18th century image 1
A small and rare Nabeshima choko (sake cup) Late 17th/early 18th century image 2
Lot 365

A small and rare Nabeshima choko (sake cup)
Late 17th/early 18th century

11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A small and rare Nabeshima choko (sake cup)

Late 17th/early 18th century
A straight-sided, six-lobed-petal vessel, delicately painted in coloured enamels and underglaze-blue with sprays of kiku blooms and foliage amid swirling clouds; with fitted later shakudo and silver cover finely pierced with butterflies and kiku blooms.
7.9cm (3 1/8in) high. (2).

Footnotes

鍋島 色絵菊図猪口 17世紀後期/18世紀前期

Compare with a similar choko, illustrated by Imari City Kyoiku Iinkai, ed., Nabeshima ten - Waga kuni yuiitsu no kanyo Nabeshima - Sono shutsugen kara shuen made (Exhibition of Nabeshima: The single official Nabeshima kiln from its origins to its closing), Exhibition Catalogue, 1996, pl.124.

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