An Arita blue and white ewer

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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An Arita blue and white ewer
Late 17th Century
The oviform body painted with three petal-shaped panels, the central one enclosing two standing bijin, the others with peony issuing from a grassy mound, reserved on a karakusa ground, repeated on the strap handle and around the cup-shaped mouth, the neck with a stylised peony stem
20.5 cm high

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