Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Property of a Gentleman
A Kakiemon figure of a bijin | Edo period, late 17th century
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November 5, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
A Kakiemon figure of a bijin
Edo period, late 17th century
the standing figure decorated in iron red, yellow, green, blue and black enamels, the kimono decorated with unfolding lengths of cloth among swirling waters and scattered maple leaves
39 cm., 15⅜ in. high
With an accompanying late Edo period letter including a drawing of the figure and discussion.
For further examples of Kakiemon models of bijin, see:
Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), pl. 63B (ii).
Nishida Hiroko ed., Nihon toji zenshu [Complete collection of Japanese ceramics]. vol. 24, Kakiemon, (Tokyo, 1977), no. 35-41.
Nishida Hiroko and Ohashi Koji, eds., Kakiemon ten: Yoroppa ni kaikashita iroe jiki [Kakiemon exhibition: Polychrome overglaze enamel decorated ware that flourished in Europe], (Fukoka, 1993) pg. 116-121, nos. 76-81.
Nagatake Takeshi, Classic Japanese Porcelain: Imari and Kakiemon, (Tokyo, 2003), pg. 47, no. 49.
Christopher Rowell, ed. Ham House: Four Hundred Years of Collecting and Patronage, (New Haven and London, 2013), fig. 324.