Live Auction 2848European Noble and Private Collections incl. Fine Paintings
A Japanese Arita kakiemon-style oviform jar and cover
Lot 879

A Japanese Arita kakiemon-style oviform jar and cover

1660-80

Closed16 December 2010

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EUR 1,750

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A Japanese Arita kakiemon-style oviform jar and cover
1660-80
The rounded sides painted in iron-red, turquoise, underglaze-blue and yellow enamels with birds among dense flower-sprays, below an iron-red cell-pattern band at the shoulder, the cover painted en suite, with chrysanthemum-head finial, crack to cover, small rim chip, crackled glaze
17.5 cm. high

Specialist note

The design with the two birds placed amongst dense foliage is reminiscent of Chinese decoration. A similar example with later Dutch silver cover is illustrated in C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious- Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 61, ill. 45.