Lot Essay
A similar example is in the Groninger Museum, Holland. See C.J.A. Jørg, Japanese apothecary bottles with initials, The Hyakunenan Journal of Porcelain Study, vol. 7, Arita 1992, fig. 2.
LATE 17TH CENTURY
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An Arita blue and white apothecary bottle
Late 17th Century
Decorated with a band of peony and pomegranate branches, birds and the letters L:V:R: within a wreath, the neck with a band of flowers and foliage, the ring foot with two underglaze blue lines
12½in. (31.8cm.) high
Late 17th Century
Decorated with a band of peony and pomegranate branches, birds and the letters L:V:R: within a wreath, the neck with a band of flowers and foliage, the ring foot with two underglaze blue lines
12½in. (31.8cm.) high