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A KAKIEMON EWER For an almost identical ewer in the British Museum, see John Ayers,
Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century Oliver Impey and J. V. G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for
The broad ovoid body surmounted by a tall neck with pinched spout Japan in Europe, London, The Oriental Society, 1990, p.141, pl.100.
and loop handle, painted in coloured enamels with two panels, each Another with a metal mount, in the National Museum of Ethnology,
enclosing two Chinese boys in a garden among flowering peonies and Leiden, is illustrated by Christian J. A. Jörg, Fine and Curious,
rocks, one holding a parasol and the other a fan, divided by a stylised Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, Hotei
chryanthemum; the neck and handle similarly decorated with other Publishing, 2003, p.74, pl.60.
formal floral motifs.
22cm (8 5/8in) high.
£2,000 - 2,500
JPY290,000 - 360,000
US$2,600 - 3,300
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
92 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.