Live Auction 9555Asobi: Ingenious Creativity Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary And Ceramics from the Collection of Bernard Leach
A Rare Kakiemon Figure of a Wakashu [Young Man]
Lot 47

A Rare Kakiemon Figure of a Wakashu [Young Man]

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

Closed15 October 2013

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GBP 62,500

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A Rare Kakiemon Figure of a Wakashu [Young Man]
Edo period (late 17th century)
Decorated in the vibrant Kakiemon palette of iron-red, green, yellow, blue and black, one hand holding a folded fan onto his obi and the other hand in his sleeve, the kimono decorated with folded fans and stylised kanji, the coiffure enamelled in black
29.5cm. high

Specialist note

For similar examples, see Soame Jenyns Japanese Porcelain (London, 1960), pl.55 and for one formerly in the British Museum see Oriental Ceramics Society, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750 (London, 1990), p.181, pl.164