EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

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A RARE KAKIEMON PALETTE ARITA PUPPY
Edo Period (late 17th Century)
A well modelled puppy decorated in blue, black, yellow and green enamels, with coloured patches, yellow eyes and a red ribbon collar, slight restoration to the tail and ear
10¼in. (26cm.)

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Lot Essay

Most models of puppies were enamelled in the Imari rather than the Kakiemon palette, and blue enamelled models are rare.
Similar examples are in the Burghley House Collection, see Japan Society, New York, The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhbition from the Burghley House Collection and Based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule (New York, 1986), The Swedish Royal Collection and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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