CIRCA 1710

Details

A Dutch decorated tokkuri
Circa 1710
Painted and gilt in the Kakiemon palette with panels of exotic long-tailed ho-o birds and quail in gardens of kiku, peonies, lotus and prunus blossom, the shoulder with quail roundels and lotus sprays to the corners on a geometric pattern ground, metal rim mount, section damaged
22.5 cm. high

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Lot Essay

During the eighteenth century shops opened in Amsterdam, such as that of Gerrit va der Kaade, where Chinese and Japanese porcelain was overdecorated. A similar piece to the above lot is illustrated in Ko-Imari porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., London, 1997, p. 224-225, no. 139.

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