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A FINE AND RARE KAKIEMON
MODEL OF A SAMURAI
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17 TH -EARLY 18 TH
CENTURY
the seated figure holding a fan with a daisho
slung around his waist, the moulded details
of the laced sode, do and undergarments
clearly delineated, the kabuto with shikoro
and large turnbacks with mon, the maedate
in the form of a tama in the centre of the
kuwagata, all decorated in iron-red, green,
blue, yellow and black enamels, the figure
seated on an armour box
32.5 cm., 12¾ in. high
Of this Kakiemon model there are at present
only two other examples recorded. One in the
Burrell Collection, Glasgow Scotland and the
other in a private overseas collection.
£ 200,000-300,000
€ 225,000-337,000 US$ 249,000-373,000

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