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195 EARLY AND LATER PORCELAIN
Various Properties
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A KAKIEMON TEA POT AND A COVER
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680-1700
Of ten-lobed form with wide rounded handle,
painted in blue, iron-red, green and black
enamels with flowering plum trees issuing
from behind rocks and formalised clouds,
decorated in red on the shoulder with nyoi
borders and on the neck with lappets, the
handle and short curved spout with green
karakusa (‘Chinese grasses’); the floriform
decagonal cover decorated with a similar
design. 8.5cm x 14cm (3 3/8in x 5½in). (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY210,000 - 280,000
US$1,900 - 2,500

For similar examples, see Genryukara
gendai made: Kakiemon no Sekai: Jusandai
tsuito juyondai shumei kinen (The World of
Kakiemon from Its Origins to the Present:
Commemorating the Succession from the
Thirteenth to the Fourteenth Generation),
Fukuoka, Asahi Shinbunsha, 1983, p.60,
no.74; John Ayers, Oliver Impey and J. V. G.
Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion
for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750, London,
Oriental Ceramic Society, 1990, p.142,
no.103.

Another example was sold in these rooms,
12 November 2015, lot 343.

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A SMALL FIVE-PIECE IMARI
GARNITURE SET
Edo period (1615-1868),
late 17th/early 18th century
Comprising three baluster vases, each painted
in underglaze blue, iron-red and gilt with a
matching design, decorated with panels
of cherry, chrysanthemum and peonies,
separated by shippo-tsunagi (linked-jewels),
each vase with a detachable en-suite domed
cover surmounted by a cockerel-shaped
knop, each vase 37cm (14½in) high; the
two trumpet-shaped beaker vases similarly
decorated with an almost identical design,
each beaker vase 23cm (9in) high. (8).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY280,000 - 410,000
US$2,500 - 3,700

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.