Lot Essay
For another bottle enamelled with peonies and brush fence below clouds see Hayashiya Seizo, ed. Nihon no toji, Ko-Imari, Vol. 8 (Tokyo, 1975), pl. 182
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AN EARLY ARITA ENAMELLED WINE BOTTLE
EARLY EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
The heavily-potted bottle raised on a wedge-section foot with some grit adhesion painted on the exterior with three stylized bouquets, above which is a continuous scene of tree peonies flowering above fences below hatched cloud bands with flower roundels, the neck and shoulder painted with rings of solid color and decorative panels--9½in. (24cm.) high, drilled and restored
EARLY EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
The heavily-potted bottle raised on a wedge-section foot with some grit adhesion painted on the exterior with three stylized bouquets, above which is a continuous scene of tree peonies flowering above fences below hatched cloud bands with flower roundels, the neck and shoulder painted with rings of solid color and decorative panels--9½in. (24cm.) high, drilled and restored