Lot Essay
A similar example from the Dresden Collection is illustrated in The Wrestling Boys, Burghley House, 1983, p. 28, no. 80.
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EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1700)
Details
A Kakiemon style blue and white beaker
Edo Period (Circa 1700)
The steep sides rising towards a flaring rim, painted to the exterior with pine, prunus and bamboo (sho-chiku-bai) among chrysanthemum and peonies issuing from rockwork, all above a pale blue washed border with karakusa scrollwork, the base with a six character Jiajing mark
10.7 cm. diam.
Edo Period (Circa 1700)
The steep sides rising towards a flaring rim, painted to the exterior with pine, prunus and bamboo (sho-chiku-bai) among chrysanthemum and peonies issuing from rockwork, all above a pale blue washed border with karakusa scrollwork, the base with a six character Jiajing mark
10.7 cm. diam.
Provenance
Margaret, Duchess of Portland, Welbeck Abbey.
Exhibited
Kakiemon. Porcelain from the English Country House, Oxford & London, 1990, p. 62, no. 42.
Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., 1997, p. 82, No. 51.
Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., 1997, p. 82, No. 51.
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