An impressive kakiemon vase
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An impressive kakiemon vase

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

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An impressive kakiemon vase
Edo period (late 17th Century)
The bold and vivid coloured enamels of green, yellow, blue and black depicting a pontoon from a veranda surrounded by chrysanthemums amongst reeds and rocks, an insect hovering above, the shoulder with shaped cartouches of chrysanthemums divided by formal floral motifs, a band of lappets to the neck, some extended firing cracks and slight restoration
16½in. (42cm.)
Literature
Nagatake Takeshi, Kakiemon ,Toji taikei [A compendium of ceramics], vol. 20 (Tokyo, 1977), no. 30
Umi o watatta Ko-Imari-ten: Doitsu Dorezuden Kokuritsu Bijutsukan shozo o chushin to shita [Ko-Imari that crossed the ocean, centred on the collections of the Dresden National Museum] (Saga, 1993), no. 16
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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