Lot Essay
The silver covers that are dated 1658, reveal that these ewers must have been one of the first Japanese Arita Export pieces after a European shape and Chinese style of decoration.
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MID 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER COVERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK, A SEATED DOG (DE BREE NO. 604), MIDDELBURG, 1658
Details
A Japanese pair of Arita blue and white silver-mounted ewers
MID 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER COVERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK, A SEATED DOG (DE BREE NO. 604), MIDDELBURG, 1658
After a Chinese Transitional prototype, the globular body painted with a continuous scene depicting figures in a landscape with pine-trees and rocks, below a keyfret and karakusa border, the flaring neck with upright tulip stems divided by jewels, the C-shaped handle with karakusa scroll, the silver cover with shell-shaped thumb-piece and foliate mount applied in relief with a lizard, some cracks and chips
29.5 cm. high (2)
MID 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER COVERS WITH UNIDENTIFIED MAKER'S MARK, A SEATED DOG (DE BREE NO. 604), MIDDELBURG, 1658
After a Chinese Transitional prototype, the globular body painted with a continuous scene depicting figures in a landscape with pine-trees and rocks, below a keyfret and karakusa border, the flaring neck with upright tulip stems divided by jewels, the C-shaped handle with karakusa scroll, the silver cover with shell-shaped thumb-piece and foliate mount applied in relief with a lizard, some cracks and chips
29.5 cm. high (2)
Literature
F. Scholten, 'Vroege Japonaiserie in Delft, 1660-1680', Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van de Ceramiek, 128, 1987/3, p. 17, fig. 1.
A.C. Beeling, Nederlands Zilver 1600-1803, part III, Leeuwarden, 1986, p. 132.
A.C. Beeling, Nederlands Zilver 1600-1803, part III, Leeuwarden, 1986, p. 132.
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