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A Rare Pair of Kakiemon Models of Tigers
Lot 243PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF A EUROPEAN NOBLE FAMILY

A Rare Pair of Kakiemon Models of Tigers

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

Fermé16 May 2012

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A Rare Pair of Kakiemon Models of Tigers
Edo Period (late 17th century)
Decorated in iron-red, yellow, blue and black enamels, the characterful animals seated on treestump bases decorated in a dark brown glaze
Each approx. 25cm. high (2)

Note du spécialiste

For a similar pair in the China Summer Palace, Drottingholm, in the collection of the King of Sweden see R. Soame Jenyns, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, (1937-1938), vol.15, pl.10a. Similar pairs sold Christie's London, 19th July 1965, Lot 96, 18th February 1975, Lot 78 and 9th March 1987, Lot 338, this pair formerly in the collection of H.R.H. The Late Duchess of Kent.