Live Auction 6071Japanese Art & Design
An Arita Sake Bottle
Lot 238

An Arita Sake Bottle

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

Closed16 May 2012

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GBP 1,250

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An Arita Sake Bottle
Edo Period (late 17th century)
With lobed body and tall tapering neck, decorated with a celadon ground and underglaze blue, the neck and shoulder with scrolling foliage
25cm. high

Specialist note

Although celadon sherds have been found at all the major export kiln sites of Arita, including Kakiemon, it was not produced in great quantities.