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A PAIR OF EARLY ENAMELLED VASES AND COVERS, EDO PERIOD, MID TO LATE 17TH CENTURY

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November 3, 04:10 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 GBP

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A PAIR OF EARLY ENAMELLED VASES AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD, MID TO LATE 17TH CENTURY


the oviform vases with domed covers and flattened knop finials, decorated in iron-red, green, blue and black enamels in the Kakiemon style with birds among flowers and foliage

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17 cm, 6 3/4 in. high

For a similar example in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, fitted with a Dutch silver-gilt mount see John Ayers et al., Porcelain for Palaces: Fashion for Japan in Europe (London, 1990), pl. 80