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6208 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FAITH DOMERGUE
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6210 AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED IMARI PORCELAIN COFFEE POT
92 | BONHAMS Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1690
Decorated in underglaze blue and touches of overglaze green enamel
and black iron oxide, with a long-tailed bird on rocks in blossoming
plants and another bird in flight above rocks and fruiting pomegranate
trees, the conical vessel set on a flat base and applied with a curved
handle painted with scrolling vines, the domed cover finished with a
bead finial and mounted with a gilt-metal fitting with a seashell lever, a
gilt-metal tap fitted into an opening above the base
12in (30.5cm) high
US$1,200 - 1,800
Provenance
Bulgari collection, Rome
For a nearly identical coffee pot, see Christian J. A. Jörg, Fine and
Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam,
Hotei Publishing, 2003, pl. 261, p. 204.
PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
6209
AN IMARI URN WITH COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), early 18th century
Decorated in red and black overglaze enamel, underglaze blue and gilt
with two large panels, one of phoenix amid flowering paulownia, the
other of a shishi with blossoming peonies, all below a shoulder band
with reserves of butterflies or kestrels on a karakusa ground bordered
by a thin ribbon tied in bows, the high dome-shaped lid with a shishi
finial, decorated en suite
19 1/8in (48.6cm) high
US$2,500 - 3,500
6210
STYLE OF OGATA KENZAN
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Stoneware, with flat bottom and straight sides formed as overlapping
poem cards and decorated in iron-oxide covered in a clear, crackled
glaze with a camellia and a poem, the sides with freely painted scroll
motifs, inscribed Kenzan and illegibly sealed
7in (17.8cm) wide
US$3,000 - 5,000