A Globular Porcelain Jar
A Globular Porcelain Jar

ARITA WARE, EDO PERIOD (1660-70)

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A Globular Porcelain Jar
Arita Ware, Edo Period (1660-70)
Decorated in polychrome enamels over clear glaze with a frieze of birds and flowers above latticework and fretwork, the foot and mouth rims unglazed
5in. (14.7cm.) high
Provenance
Richard W. Weatherhead

Lot Essay

For other jars see Yabe Yoshiaki, ed., Imari, Nihon no bijutsu 6, no. 157 (Tokyo: Shibundo, 1979), no. 104; Nagatake Takeshi, ed., Hizen toki no keifu (Lineage of Hizen porcelain) (Tokyo: Meicho Shuppan, 1974), pl. 23.

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