A SMALL ARITA EWER WITH SILVER MOUNTS
Late 17th Century, Dutch mounts 18th Century
Decorated with flowerheads, the neck with karakusa in various coloured enamels on underglaze blue, the handle similarly decorated with a band of scrolling foliage, the mounts in the form of a leaping horse, (slight chips, the mounts with some wear)
16cm. high
Lot Essay
A similar piece is illustrated in Scheurleer, D.F. Lunsingh, Chineisisches und japanisches Porzellan in europaischen Fassungen, (Verlag Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig), p. 382, pl. 397.