Lot Essay
For a similar example to the first see Oliver Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain - Catalogue of The Collection of The Ashmolean Museum Oxford, (Amsterdam, 2002), p.106
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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
Details
An Arita Coffee Ewer and An Imari Coffee Ewer
Edo Period (late 17th century)
The first decorated in underglaze blue with ho-o birds among pomegranate, with European gilt bronze mounts, 18th century; the second on tripod feet decorated in iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue with lobed panels of birds and foliage
36.5cm. high (including mounts), and 31cm. high respectively (2)
Edo Period (late 17th century)
The first decorated in underglaze blue with ho-o birds among pomegranate, with European gilt bronze mounts, 18th century; the second on tripod feet decorated in iron-red and gilt on underglaze blue with lobed panels of birds and foliage
36.5cm. high (including mounts), and 31cm. high respectively (2)