A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND DOMED COVERS

CIRCA 1700, ONE COVER ASSOCIATED

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A PAIR OF JAPANESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND DOMED COVERS
CIRCA 1700, ONE COVER ASSOCIATED
Each with lion finial, the body decorated in colourful enamels with kara shishi and birds amongst blossoming flower sprays
25¼ in. (64.2 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Possibly acquired by George Graham (1730-1801), or Thomas Graham
(1752-1819), and by descent.

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Lot Essay

George Graham (1730-1801) is known to have travelled in the east and made a fortune with the East India company which enabled him to purchase the Kinross estate.
Thomas Graham (1752-1819) lived at Benares in India, he was a Bengal Civil Servant and a member of the Board of Revenue as well as a partner in the private firm of Thomas Graham, John Mowbray, Robert Graham and William Skirrow. On his return from India in he succeeded to the estate of Kinross, left to him by his half brother George Graham.

Given their connections in the East it is probable that much of the collection of oriental ceramics included in this sale was acquired by George and Thomas Graham.

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