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AN OCTAGONAL KAKIEMON BOWL
Hizen ware, Kakiemon type, Edo period
(1615-1868), 18th century
Set on a ring foot and painted in blue, green,
and yellow enamels, and red iron oxide,
decorated on the interior with dragons,
phoenix, prunus, and pine trees below a
band of floral scroll and a brown iron-oxide
rim, the cavetto decorated with a single
chrysanthemum blossom, the exterior painted
with scattered chrysanthemum and paulownia
blossoms
8 1/4in (21cm) wide
$1,000 - 1,500
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A PORCELAIN INCENSE BURNER
Hizen ware, Kakiemon type
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
Modeled as a minogame (bushy-tailed
tortoise) standing on a pedestal supported
by four cabriole legs, the animal looking to
the left with its mouth open in a roar, the
removable cover worked to resemble the
surface of a tortoise shell and pierced with
clouds, the porcelain edges of the cover
gilded, the pedestal painted with flowers and
scrolling vines in polychrome enamels and
gilt
6in (15.2cm) wide
$8,000 - 12,000
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A PORCELAIN OKIMONO OF A PAIR OF
SHISHI
Hirado ware, Meiji era (1868-1912), late
19th century
Modeled as a pair of shishi playfully wrestling,
the details in underglaze blue
6 1/2in (16.5cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
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