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EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
A fine and rare decagonal Kakiemon Bowl
Edo Period (Early 18th Century)
Decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels and gilt, the interior with phoenix medallions and flower-sprays against blue lines radiating from a central decagonal iron-red cartouche, the everted foliate rim with a continous band of tied ribbons with scrolls and tassels, the reverse with two pairs of horses among flowers and foliage, chocolate rim, crack
8.7/8in. (22.7cm.) diam. and 3.7/8in. (10cm.) high
Edo Period (Early 18th Century)
Decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels and gilt, the interior with phoenix medallions and flower-sprays against blue lines radiating from a central decagonal iron-red cartouche, the everted foliate rim with a continous band of tied ribbons with scrolls and tassels, the reverse with two pairs of horses among flowers and foliage, chocolate rim, crack
8.7/8in. (22.7cm.) diam. and 3.7/8in. (10cm.) high
Literature
For a similar example, see Ashmolean Museum Eastern Ceramics, and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger (Oxford 1981), p.81, pl. 211 and for a similar example with ormolu mounts, see p. 75, pl. 188. See also Oriental Ceramic Society, Porcelain for Palaces: The fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750 (London, 1990), p. 170, pl. 150 for another example with ormolu mounts.