Lot Essay
See for a similar example Treasures from the Topkapi Palace-the Ceramics the Sultans Loved, Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1995, p. 79, No. 72.
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EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1680)
Details
An Arita large blue and white bottle vase
Edo Period (Circa 1680)
Decorated to the sides with four panels of a bird in flight above flowering peony and peach, reserved on a karakusa scrollwork ground enriched with chrysanthemum heads, the shoulder painted with song-birds among flowering peony and scrolling foliage, neck restored
51.4 cm. high
Edo Period (Circa 1680)
Decorated to the sides with four panels of a bird in flight above flowering peony and peach, reserved on a karakusa scrollwork ground enriched with chrysanthemum heads, the shoulder painted with song-birds among flowering peony and scrolling foliage, neck restored
51.4 cm. high
Exhibited
Masterpieces of Ko-Imari throughout the World, Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., 1997, p. 78, No. 38.
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