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200
A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SAKE BOTTLE, TOKKURI
EDO PERIOD, 17 CENTURY
TH
Shaped as a double gourd, the body decorated with a stylised mountainous
river landscape, the neck and foot with bands of lappets, 21cm.
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of Richard Gordon Smith (1858-1918) and
thence by descent. Gordon Smith was an English traveller, sportsman and
naturalist who lived in Japan at the turn of the century. He transcribed traditional
myths in “Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan” (1908) and his diaries were later
published in “Travels in the Land of the Gods: The Japan Diaries of Richard
Gordon Smith” (1986).

201
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE, POSSIBLY BLEU DE HUE
18 CENTURY
TH
Shaped as a double gourd, the body decorated with a continuous design of
scrolling clouds and wisps of mist on a creamy-white ground, 26cm.
£300-500

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