.jpg?w=1)
1715-1720, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER
Details
A BÖTTGER DUTCH-DECORATED VASE
1715-1720, the decoration slightly later
The oviform body applied on the shoulder and lower portion with finely molded acanthus leaves painted in the Kakiemon style, one side with banded hedges and a bird and a songbird perched on the branch of a pine tree issuing flowering prunus, the other side with an exotic ho-ho bird perched in flowering branches, an iron-red dragon snapping at an insect flying above its head, acanthus leaves on the shoulder enriched in puce and gold and issuing from an iron-red fretwork band, those on the lower portion of the vase enriched in iron-red and gilt, the circular gadrooned foot enriched in iron-red with each reed enriched in iron-red and etched in gilt
5¼ in. (13.3cm.)
1715-1720, the decoration slightly later
The oviform body applied on the shoulder and lower portion with finely molded acanthus leaves painted in the Kakiemon style, one side with banded hedges and a bird and a songbird perched on the branch of a pine tree issuing flowering prunus, the other side with an exotic ho-ho bird perched in flowering branches, an iron-red dragon snapping at an insect flying above its head, acanthus leaves on the shoulder enriched in puce and gold and issuing from an iron-red fretwork band, those on the lower portion of the vase enriched in iron-red and gilt, the circular gadrooned foot enriched in iron-red with each reed enriched in iron-red and etched in gilt
5¼ in. (13.3cm.)