AN EARLY ENAMELLED VASE

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

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AN EARLY ENAMELLED VASE
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Decorated in iron-red, green, yellow, blue and black enamels with long-tailed birds among sprays of peony, chrysanthemum, hibiscus and dense foliage, the shoulder with a band of hanabishi, the neck with geometric design, the slightly splayed foot beneath a band of lappets, some old wear and rubbing to the enamels
4.7/8in. (12.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

The design with the two birds placed among dense foliage is reminiscent of Chinese decoration. Similar examples with covers are illustrated in Nihon toji taikei, vol. 20, Kakiemon, pl. 16, which is in the Toguri Museum, and Eastern Ceramics from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger, (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1981), no. 214. Another with a replacement cover and an European silver-gilt handle was exhibited in Porcelain for Palaces, no. 80.

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