A Porcelain Gorgelet (Kendi)

ARITA WARE, EDO PERIOD (1670-1700)

Details

A Porcelain Gorgelet (Kendi)
Arita Ware, Edo Period (1670-1700)
Painted in polychrome enamels over clear glaze with two lotus panels separated by blue and green phoenixes, the bulbous spout painted with clouds and the neck with two stylized lotus blossoms and leaves, the extended, curved lip painted with blue scrolling foliage, painted numerals on base 799
8in. (20cm.) high

Provenance

Richard W. Weatherhead

Lot Essay

For a matching gorgelet see Nagatake Takeshi, Yabe Yoshiaki and Minamoto Hiromichi, eds., Kakiemon no sekai ten: genryu kara gendai made (Exhibition of the world of Kakiemon: from its origins to the present), exh. cat. (Tokyo: Asahi Shimbunsha, 1983), pl. 30. See also Hayashiya Seizo, Kakiemon, vol. 9 of Nihon no toji (Japanese ceramics) (Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1974), pl. 69.

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