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THE SOWELL COLLECTION
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A JAPANESE PORCELAIN BIJIN
ARITA, 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Elegantly modeled standing, her robe finely enameled with fruiting
branches, in the typical Kakiemon palette
15Ω in. (39.4 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 8 November 2007, lot 70.
LITERATURE:
M. Cohen and W. Motley, Mandarin and Menagerie, Chinese and
Japanese Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, pp. 98, 5.1
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