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an imari five-PieCe garniture a KaKiemon teaPot, in hinoKi-wood box; together
Early 18th century with seven various jaPanese dishes
Comprising three baluster vases and covers and two flaring beaker Edo Period or later
vases, painted and gilt with exotic birds amongst pine and blossoming The teapot and cover decorated with flower sprays in orange,
prunus trees within border panels of peony and chrysanthemum turquoise and blue enamels; the dishes comprising four in the
sprays, the cover finials modelled as qilin seated upon rockwork. Nabeshima style, two sometsuke, and one small Arita or Kakiemon
The vases and covers 65cm (25.1/2in) high. (8). dish.
The teapot: 13cm (5in) wide (8).

£2,000 - 3,000 HK$24,000 - 36,000 £500 - 1,000 HK$6,000 - 12,000
CNY19,000 - 29,000 CNY4,800 - 9,600

For a similar teapot, mounted with Dutch gilt metal, see S. Jenyns,
Japanese Porcelain, London 1971, pl. 59A. Jenyns attributes this form
to the Empo/Jokyo Period (1673-1687) of the Edo era, describing it as
Arita ware with Kakiemon enamels. Jenyns states also that: ‘One of the
most interesting Japanese forms is that of the Kakiemon tea pots with
the body divided into lobes like that of a cantaloupe melon’. The question
is also posed as to whether this type was intended for export or for the
home market; there appears to be no clear answer to this question.

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