An Arita apothecary bottle

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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An Arita apothecary bottle
Late 17th Century
Decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous band of peonies and foliage with the monogram RW in a roundel, the shoulder with a band of lappets, the neck with sprays of foliage, minute crack to neck rim
7½in. (19.1cm.) high

Lot Essay

The initials are unrecorded but may be those of a Governor General of the Dutch East India Company.
A pair of similar bottles were sold in these Rooms on 20 June 1994, lot 268.

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