AN EARLY ENAMELLED EWER OF ISLAMIC FORM
AN EARLY ENAMELLED EWER OF ISLAMIC FORM

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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AN EARLY ENAMELLED EWER OF ISLAMIC FORM
Edo Period (17th century)
Moulded in relief with two panels of peony sprays, loop handle and spout with scrolling karakusa, decorated in green, yellow, aubergine and black enamels
11½in. (29.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar example with a green enamelled body were sold in these
Rooms, lot 199, 14 November 1989. Further examples but differently
enamelled both in the Idemitsu Museum, are illustrated in Nihon no
Toji
, 1971, vol. 6, Kakiemon and Nabeshima, nos. 64 and 65.
Other examples are illustrated.in Imaizumi, Polychrome Fine Ceramics in Japan, Ko-Imari and Kakiemon, p. 129, pl. 56, Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japanese Ceramics Exhibition, Catalogue, 1988, p. 31, pl. 8. Further examples are in the British Museum, and the Fitzwilliam Museum, Jenyns loan no. 33.
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