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Lot 145
A Kakiemon ewer Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century
16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,550 inc. premium
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Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century
The broad ovoid body surmounted by a tall neck with pinched spout and loop handle, painted in coloured enamels with two panels, each enclosing two Chinese boys in a garden among flowering peonies and rocks, one holding a parasol and the other a fan, divided by a stylised chryanthemum; the neck and handle similarly decorated with other formal floral motifs. 22cm (8 5/8in) high.
The broad ovoid body surmounted by a tall neck with pinched spout and loop handle, painted in coloured enamels with two panels, each enclosing two Chinese boys in a garden among flowering peonies and rocks, one holding a parasol and the other a fan, divided by a stylised chryanthemum; the neck and handle similarly decorated with other formal floral motifs. 22cm (8 5/8in) high.
Footnotes
For an almost identical ewer in the British Museum, see John Ayers, Oliver Impey and J. V. G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe, London, The Oriental Society, 1990, p.141, pl.100. Another with a metal mount, in the National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, is illustrated by Christian J. A. Jörg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, Hotei Publishing, 2003, p.74, pl.60.
























