A SMALL SILVER-MOUNTED JAPANESE EWER

THE PORCELAIN LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER 18TH CENTURY

細節

A SMALL SILVER-MOUNTED JAPANESE EWER
THE PORCELAIN LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE SILVER 18TH CENTURY
Of bottle form, decorated in the Kakiemon style with panels quatrefoil cartouches of enamelled flowers divided by karakusa scrolls
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high

來源

Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 December 1998, lot 433

出版

Gemeentelijk Museum Princessehof, Leeuwaarden, Exhibition Catalogue, 1981, pls. 121-129

拍品專文

When viewed from the front, the silver finial appears to be the letter A or a combination of the letters A and V, for aqua and vino. It was possibly used to contain holy water, wine or oil. A pair of similar oviform ewers were sold in our London rooms, 28 October 1987, lot 63.