A fine Early Imari Bottle with silver mount for the Islamic market

EDO PERIOD (MID 17TH CENTURY)

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A fine Early Imari Bottle with silver mount for the Islamic market
Edo Period (Mid 17th Century)
The rare bottle decorated in underglaze blue, its faceted pear-shaped body divided into eight panels, each filled with chrysanthemums among rocks, the slender neck with a Chinese inverted pattern and triangular lappets, the mouth with later French silver mount with a screw top delicately chased and engraved with stylised flowers and vines
19in. (50cm.) high

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The form originated in China during the Yuan Dynasty but was later copied in the Ming Dynasty. An example was probably brought over via the Dutch East India Company to be copied in Japan during the collapse of the porcelain production in China at the end of the Ming Dynasty. The silver mount produced in France has been designed for the Islamic market.

An almost identical bottle with similar mount is in the Topkapi collection and is illustrated in T. Misugi, Chinese Porcelain Collection in the Near East, Topkapi and Ardebile, Vol.1 (Hong Kong, 1981), p.230.

A similar Chinese piece with a gilt-copper mount is illustrated in Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain (London, 1989), pl. 209.

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