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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION LOTS 51-75
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A PAIR OF KENJO IMARI MUKOZUKE,
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
FUKU MARK
献上手伊万里 向付 一対、江戸時代、17世紀後期
of tapering square form with indented curved corners on ring
feet, decorated in green, yellow, black and iron red enamels and
gilt, with lotus flowers
(2)
Each: 7 cm, 2¾ in. high
£ 1,500-2,000
€ 1,700-2,300 US$ 2,000-2,650

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A RARE ARITA TANKARD
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
伊万里 ヴェスターヴァルト様式タンカード、江戸時代、
17世紀後期
of European form modelled as a Westervald tankard with raised
roundels and ribbed neck decorated in underglaze blue
16.3 cm, 6⅖ in. high
For another European style tankard see Dr. Christiaan J. A. Jorg,
Interaction in Ceramics: Oriental Porcelain and Delftware (Hong
Kong, 1984), pl. 81 p. 126. He mentions that tankards were much
in demand and in order to obtain the desired form, models were
sent with the orders, mostly tankards of German stoneware. This
literal copy of a Westerwald stoneware is very rare.
£ 1,000-1,500
€ 1,150-1,700 US$ 1,350-2,000

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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
13.4 cm, 5¼ in.
A similar example, from the collection of the Duchess of
Lauderdale, Ham House, London, 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. For further information on Luxury
Ceramics and Objets d’Art formerly at Ham House by Patricia F.
Ferguson, see Christopher Rowell, ed., Ham House 400 Years of
Collecting and Patronage, (Yale, 2013), p.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, Groningen inv.no
MB10, see Dr Christiaan J. A. Jorg, Interactions in Ceramics:
Oriental Porcelain and Delftware (Hong Kong, 1984), pl. 78 p. 124
£ 4,000-6,000
€ 4,550-6,800 US$ 5,300-7,900
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