Lot Essay
For a comparable example see Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Sawasa: Japanese Export Art in Black and Gold, 1650-1800 (Zwolle, Netherlands, 1998), cat. no. D.2.1
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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A SAWASA WARE TEAPOT
Edo Period (18th Century)
The globular teapot with a low, slightly splayed foot and applied with a gilt rim, handle and spout, the shakudo ground with incised and gilt floral designs around the handle and spout, each side with a large lobed reserve in gilt metal worked with a nanako ground and decorated in shakudo on gilt nanako, within a shakudo border, with pine, cherry and plum designs, interspersed with a tiny boat, a pagoda and other details, completely undercut in some places, the handle and spout with panels of floral decoration in gilt relief on a nanako ground, a band of incised and gilt leaf motifs around the rim, the lid with a band of similar decoration to that on the sides and with a gilt metal fitting in the form of a flowering branch
3 9/16in. (9.1cm.) high
Edo Period (18th Century)
The globular teapot with a low, slightly splayed foot and applied with a gilt rim, handle and spout, the shakudo ground with incised and gilt floral designs around the handle and spout, each side with a large lobed reserve in gilt metal worked with a nanako ground and decorated in shakudo on gilt nanako, within a shakudo border, with pine, cherry and plum designs, interspersed with a tiny boat, a pagoda and other details, completely undercut in some places, the handle and spout with panels of floral decoration in gilt relief on a nanako ground, a band of incised and gilt leaf motifs around the rim, the lid with a band of similar decoration to that on the sides and with a gilt metal fitting in the form of a flowering branch
3 9/16in. (9.1cm.) high
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