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A SHOKI IMARI SAKE FLASK A SHOKI IMARI VASE A SET OF FIVE SHOKI IMARI
EDO PERIOD, 1630-1640s EDO PERIOD, 1630-1640s DISHES
初期伊万里 染付徳利、江戸時代、 初期伊万里 染付壺、江戸時代、 EDO PERIOD, 1630-1640s
1630 - 1640年代 1630 - 1640年代 初期伊万里 染付皿、5客揃、江戸時代、
1630 - 1640年代
the pear shaped flask with tall neck and everted the oviform vase with high neck and slightly
rim, decorated in underglaze blue with plum and everted rim on ring foot, decorated in underglaze the five circular dishes, with broad rims, on ring
bamboo beneath the bowing branches of a pine blue with circumferential blue lines beneath grape feet, decorated in underglaze blue with geometric
tree vine and tendril and scrollwork to the neck roundels
21.6 cm, 8½ in. high 13.6 cm, 5⅜ in. high (5)
Each: 14 cm, 5½ in. diam.
LITERATURE LITERATURE
Sekido Museum of Art, Yamatake Yoshikazu Sekido Museum of Art, Yamatake Yoshikazu LITERATURE
Collection – Early Imari Exhibition (Tokyo, 2014), Collection – Early Imari Exhibition (Tokyo, 2014), The Azabu Museum of Arts and Crafts,
pl.102 p.72 pl.97 p.69 Hatsukokai Okubo Collection: Shoki Imari hyaku
For a similar example see Toguri Museum of Art, For a similar dish see Toguri Museum of Art, Early sen (Tokyo, 1996), pl.53 p.61
Early Imari Ware (Tokyo, 1997), pl. 53 p. 30 Imari Ware (Tokyo, 1997), pl. 74 p. 38
‡ £ 15,000-20,000
‡ £ 30,000-40,000 ‡ £ 10,000-15,000 € 16,900-22,600 US$ 19,800-26,400
€ 33,800-45,100 US$ 39,500-53,000 € 11,300-16,900 US$ 13,200-19,800

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