A RARE BLACK GROUND ARITA EWER in the form of an opened pomegranate, decorated in black, iron-red, green enamels and gilt, the moulded body with applied butterflies, foliage and unopened fruit, the spout and loop handle with plum blossom flowerheads and scrolling foliage, (minute chips to spout and handle), 17th century | Christie's

Lot 369

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A RARE BLACK GROUND ARITA EWER in the form of an opened pomegranate, decorated in black, iron-red, green enamels and gilt, the moulded body with applied butterflies, foliage and unopened fruit, the spout and loop handle with plum blossom flowerheads and scrolling foliage, (minute chips to spout and handle), 17th century

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A RARE BLACK GROUND ARITA EWER in the form of an opened pomegranate, decorated in black, iron-red, green enamels and gilt, the moulded body with applied butterflies, foliage and unopened fruit, the spout and loop handle with plum blossom flowerheads and scrolling foliage, (minute chips to spout and handle), 17th century
12cm. high

Lot Essay

A similar ewer is in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Another is illustrated, Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, No. 41A

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