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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF IMARI BOTTLE VASES
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
伊万里 色絵壺 一対、江戸時代、
17世紀後期
oviform with tall tapering necks decorated
in iron red, green, aubergine and black
enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with
lotus leaf shaped panels depicting bijin in a
floral landscape surrounded by birds in pine
branches, beneath floral design to the neck,
gilt rims
(2)
each: 25 cm., 9⅞ in. high.
For a similar pair of Imari tokkuri in the
collection of Augustus the Strong, Dresden,
see Fredrich Reichel, Early Japanese
Porcelain, Arita Porcelain in the Dresden
Collection, (Leipzig, 1980), pl.56
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£ 3,000-4,000
€ 3,550-4,700 US$ 4,000-5,300
A PAIR OF IMARI VASES AND
COVERS
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY
伊万里 色絵徳利 一対、江戸時代、
17世紀後期
each of octagonal form with domed covers,
decorated in iron-red, black, green enamels
and gilt on underglaze blue with bijin and
attendants beneath brocade designs, the
covers surmounted by karashishi finials
(2)
each: 63 cm., 25 in. high
£ 8,000-10,000
€ 9,400-11,800 US$ 10,600-13,300

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