A pair of Kakiemon baluster jars and covers

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A pair of Kakiemon baluster jars and covers
Late 17th Century
The squat baluster body decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black enamels on underglaze blue with flowering chrysanthemum, magnolia and orchids issuing from rockwork on a grassy mound, the flat lightly sloping shoulder and cylindrical neck encircled by a petal and lappet border, the domed cover with knop finial (some loss to the enamels, small chips)
24.5 cm. high (2)

拍品專文

Similar examples are in the Burghley House collection, illustrated in The Burghley Porcelains, New York, 1986, no. 74; and M. Hinton, Oliver Impey, Kakiemon Porcelain from the English Country House, Flowers of Fire, 1990, p.39, pl.11. In Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, London, 1965, no.54a, a similar jar is illustrated where it states that another piece in Japan is described as 'probably by Kakiemon I', who died in 1666.
A single jar and cover was sold in our London Rooms, King Street, 16 June 1998, lot 226.