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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






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