Lot Essay
Cf. For a similar enamelled example of slightly different shape, The Burghley Porcelains, Japan, House Gallery, New York 1986, p.240, pl.99.
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
An Arita blue and white salt
Late 17th Century
Modelled after a European shape, the round concave section raised on a high waisted support flaring towards the foot, painted with a ho-o bird preening on a rocky outcrop, between smaller rocks and foliage (chip to the rim and inner foot rim)
9.4 cm high
Late 17th Century
Modelled after a European shape, the round concave section raised on a high waisted support flaring towards the foot, painted with a ho-o bird preening on a rocky outcrop, between smaller rocks and foliage (chip to the rim and inner foot rim)
9.4 cm high