A PAIR OF ARITA FLASKS EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY | A PAIR OF ARITA FLASKS, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY

each of rectangular form with rounded shoulders and ring necks, deocrated in underglaze blue with panels of chrysanthemums

- One vase is scratched in the glaze to one panel, the other has a crack running across three panels towards the base.
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For another example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art see: Martin Lerner, Blue and White: Early Japanese Export Ware (New York, 2013). These flasks are based on European models primarily in glass. For further information, see D. F. Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Japans porselein met blauwe decoraties uit de tweede helft van de zeventiende en de eerste helft van de achttiende eeuw', Mededelingenblad Vrienden van de Nederlandse Ceramiek, (Amsterdam, 1973), pls. 167-170, pp.38-39.