A PAIR OF FINE KAKIEMON SAKE BOTTLES

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

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A PAIR OF FINE KAKIEMON SAKE BOTTLES
Edo Period (Late 17th Century)
Each of tapering square form decorated in iron-red, blue, green and black enamels and gilt with alternate designs of kiku, poppies and foliage, the neck with bejewelled tassels, one with a small repair on the rim, the other with some restoration on the neck
Each 10.3/8in. (26.4cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Frst Johannes von Liechtenstein Collection

Lot Essay

A similar bottle is illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, no. 59C and a pair of similar bottles are in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court, collected before 1694. A Meissen copy of this design, made between 1725 and 1730, is illustrated in Friedrich Reichel, Altjapanisches Porzellan aus Arita in der Dresdener Porzellansammlung, No. 91.

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