Fine Japanese Art
Fine Japanese Art
A GROUP OF CERAMICS FOR THE EXPORT MARKET | THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE AND FINE ARITA HELMET EWER | EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
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May 15, 02:18 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
A GROUP OF CERAMICS FOR THE EXPORT MARKET
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE AND FINE ARITA HELMET EWER, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
of baroque form decorated in iron-red, pink and light green enamels and gilt with flowering plants, grasses and birds, with scalloped rim and spout moulded with scrollwork, a band round the body with similar scroll motifs, a scroll work handle and rectangular pedestal foot
29 cm., x 11½ in. high
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It is modelled after a European silver form.
For a similar example, see John Ayers, Oliver Impey, J. V. G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750 (London, 1990), p. 227, pl. 243.