Lot 226
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A BLUE AND WHITE AND A KAKIEMON MELON SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER, the Arita teapot painted with birds among flowers and foliage, the shoulder with a band of lappets (handle restored); the kakiemon teapot decorated in iron-red, green, blue and black enamels with flowersprays issuing from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of lappets (chipped and cracked), both late 17th Century

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A BLUE AND WHITE AND A KAKIEMON MELON SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER, the Arita teapot painted with birds among flowers and foliage, the shoulder with a band of lappets (handle restored); the kakiemon teapot decorated in iron-red, green, blue and black enamels with flowersprays issuing from rockwork, the shoulder with a band of lappets (chipped and cracked), both late 17th Century
each 15cm. wide (2)

Lot Essay

cf. For a similar Arita teapot, see the exhibition catalogue: Porcelain for Palaces, p.112, 113, no.66, British Museum, ja 1953, 11-20,2.
For a similar kakiemon teapot, see the exhibition catalogue: Porcelain for Palaces, p.142, no.103, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, c.413 & A-1909, J.H. Fitz Henry Gift

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