1680-1710

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A pair of Japanese Arita Dutch-decorated apothecary bottles
1680-1710
The globualar body enamelled with long-tailed birds perched on swaying branches of bamboo beside pine and plum blossom, below a shaped lappet border of scrolling chrysanthemum and rows of pointed leaves below the double-lipped rim
26 cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

Large quantities of white glazed bottles were imported from Japan during the late 17th Century and then enamelled in Delft. Due to lack of documentation, it is difficult to date the overdecoration, but the style points out to the early 18th Century. For similar apothecary bottles, see O. Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, 2002, pp. 180-181, nrs. 281-283; and C.J.A. Jörg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, 2003, pp. 222-223, nrs. 279-280.

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