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A KAKIEMON BOWL
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵八角鉢、江戸時代、17世紀後期
the octagonal bowl decorated in iron red, blue, green, yellow
and black enamel with birds amongst plum and bamboo, the
interior with a central peony spray, chocolate rim
24 cm, 9½ in.
For a similar Kakiemon bowl in the collection of Augustus
the Strong, Dresden, see Friedrich Reichel, Early Japanese
Porcelain: Arita Porcelain in the Dresden Collection (Leipzig,
1980), pl. 80.
For another in the collection of Sherborne Castle, Dorset,
formed by Lady Ann Digby in the late 17th century see Mark
Hinton and Oliver Impey, Kakiemon Porcelain from the English
Country House (London, 1989), pl. 31 p. 55.
A further example is in the British Museum, London, from the
Kington Baker bequest, reference 1940, 0601.01, published,
British Museum Quarterly vol. 14, no.3 (September, 1940) p.
53-54, plate XXI.
£ 15,000-18,000
€ 16,900-20,300 US$ 19,800-23,700

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A KAKIEMON VASE AND COVER
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵蓋付壺、江戸時代、17世紀後期
oviform with ring foot and domed cover with knop finial,
decorated in iron-red, yellow, green, blue and black enamels
and underglaze blue with chrysanthemums amongst rockwork,
the shoulders with bands of lappets
25 cm, 9⅚ in. high
For a similar vase and cover in the collection of Burghley
House, Northamptonshire see Mark Hinton and Oliver Impey,
Kakiemon porcelain from The English Country House (London,
1989), pl. 11 p. 39
£ 20,000-30,000
€ 22,600-33,800 US$ 26,400-39,500

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A KAKIEMON VASE AND COVER
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
柿右衛門 色絵蓋付壺、江戸時代、17世紀後期

oviform with ring foot and domed cover with knop finial,
decorated in turquoise, iron-red, yellow, green, blue and black
enamels and underglaze blue with chrysanthemums amongst
rockwork, the shoulders with bands of lappets
25 cm, 9⅚ in. high
£ 15,000-20,000
€ 16,900-22,600 US$ 19,800-26,400

Lot 66 illustrated opposite

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