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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
A KAKIEMON DISH A RARE KAKIEMON DISH
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵皿、江戸時代、17世紀後期 柿右衛門 色絵皿、江戸時代、17世紀後期
the moulded foliate rimmed dish decorated in green, the moulded dish with lobed panels in the manner of a
blue, yellow, iron red and black enamels with a tiger Delft dish, decorated in iron-red, green, yellow, blue and
bending around bamboo beside plum blossom, five spur black enamels and gilt with a ho-o birds among sprays of
marks, chocolate rim peony and banded hedges
28.3 cm., 11¼ in. diam. 25 cm., 9⅝ in. diam.
This design was copied by Meissen c.1730. For a flask The lobed form is derived from European metalwork
with the pattern, see John Ayers, Oliver Impey and J.V.G. dishes copied by Delft or German tin glazed ware. For a
Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, the Fashion for Japan in German dish of similar design, see a tinglazed earthenware
Europe, 1650–1750, (London, 1991), no. 293, p.260. dish in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hans Syz
Collection, (1995.268.6).
£ 15,000-18,000
€ 17,700-21,200 US$ 19,900-23,800 £ 6,000-8,000
€ 7,100-9,400 US$ 8,000-10,600

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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A KAKIEMON BOWL
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵鉢、江戸時代、17世紀後期
a deep bowl with wide rim of quatrefoil form, decorated
in iron-red, green, yellow, blue and black enamels with a
central ho-o bird roundel, the exterior with plum, pine and
bamboo, flowerheads to the rim
16cm., 6 2/8 in. wide.

£ 4,000-6,000
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€ 4,700-7,100 US$ 5,300-8,000
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