A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JARS IN KO-SOMETSUKE TASTE
17TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JARS IN KO-SOMETSUKE TASTE
17th century
Each unusually decorated with roundels, irregularly painted around the body enclosing floral and geometric motifs reserved on alternating white and blue grounds, below four bamboo compositions around the neck, the base unglazed
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high (2)
Lot Essay
Compare the enamelled bowl with this very rare design of roundels in the Idemitsu Collection, included in their 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Catalogue no.950, p.191.