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THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH COLLETOR
A KAKIEMON TEAPOT
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵ティーポット、江戸時代、
17世紀後期
of lobed form with loop handle, spout and
cover with floral finial, decorated in iron-red,
green, yellow, black and blue enamels with
floral sprays of chrysanthemums and wild
pinks
14 cm., 51½ in.
A similar example, from the collection of the
Duchess of Lauderdale, Ham House, London,
95 is now in an English private collection,
purchased from the 1948 sale when objects
were deaccessioned. The Lauderdales were
among the earliest tea drinkers and this style
of teapot would have been an exotic luxury
used in the “Duchess’s Private Closet”. The
closet was typical of a lady’s apartments that
served as a tea room and together with the
tea table, was furnished with japanned chairs
and lacquer boxes for sweetmeats and tea. 1
1. For further information see essay Luxury
Ceramics and Objets d’Art formerly at Ham
House by Patricia F. Ferguson, Christopher
Rowell, ed., Ham House 400 Years of
Collecting and Patronage, (Yale, 2013),
pp.309-324.
A further example from the collection of Sir
Augustus Wollaston Franks is in the British
Museum, ref. Franks.1034. Franks was the
keeper of the Department of British and
Medieval Antiquities at the British Museum
from 1866 to 1896.
For an example in the Groningen Museum,
96 Groningen inv.no MB10, see Dr Christiaan
J. A. Jörg, Interactions in Ceramics: Oriental
Porcelain and Delftware (Hong Kong, 1984),
pl.78 p.124.
For a similar example, see Soame Jenyns,
Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), pl. 59A.
£ 2,500-3,000
€ 2,950-3,550 US$ 3,350-4,000

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THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH COLLECTOR
A KAKIEMON VASE
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵壺、江戸時代、17世紀後期
the sixteen sided vase decorated in iron-red
on underglaze blue with chrysanthemum
sprays, the shoulder with scrolling foliage
18 cm., 7 in. high.
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£ 8,000-10,000
€ 9,400-11,800 US$ 10,600-13,300
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