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AN UNUSUAL AND RARE ARITA EWER A very similar ewer decorated in Kakiemon enamels was sold
OF MIDDLE EASTERN INSPIRATION at Sotheby’s London, 23 November 1990, lot 493. Another is
Edo period (1615-1868), late 17th century illustrated in Hayashiya Seizo, Nihon no toji (Ceramics of Japan),
The ovoid body moulded and painted in blue, iron-red and enamels Tokyo, Chuokoronsha, 1989, vol.9, no.65. Other similar ewers in a
with two lobed panels, each enclosing sprays of blooming peonies predominantly green palette are illustrated in Hayashiya Seizo, ibid,
reserved on foliate scrolls, the cylindrical neck with a galleried rim no.64; Imaizumi Motosuke, Genshoku Nihon no meito: Ko-Imari to
moulded and decorated with hanging jewels rising from a petal Kakiemon (Fine Ceramics of Japan in Colour: Ko-Imari and Kakiemon),
moulded shoulder, the loop handle and curved spout with curved Tokyo, Yuzankaku, 1970, p.129, pl.56; Zaidanhojin Toguri Bijutsukan
tendrils and foliate scrolls; with a wood storage box. shozo senshu: Seireki nisennen kinen zuroku (Masterpieces from the
29.8cm (11¾in) high. (2). Toguri Museum of Arts: Catalogue Commemorating the Year 2000),
Tokyo, Toguri Museum of Art, 2000, p.72, pl.96.
£15,000 - 18,000
JPY2,200,000 - 2,600,000
US$20,000 - 24,000

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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