A Large Arita Bottle Vase
A Large Arita Bottle Vase

EDO PERIOD (MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY)

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A Large Arita Bottle Vase
Edo Period (mid-late 17th century)
The early pear-shaped bottle with tall neck decorated in underglaze blue with peonies and plantain among rockwork
40cm. high

Lot Essay

For a similar bottle see Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Amsterdam, 2003), pl.13, p.31. The shape of the bottle was influenced by Chinese Wanli bottles.1

1. R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Tokapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 3 vols., (London, 1986).

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