A Ko-Kutani sake flask | Edo period, late 17th century

The Property of a Gentleman

A Ko-Kutani sake flask

Edo period, late 17^th century 

in the form of a gourd with applied plum blossom and tassels, decorated in green, yellow, black, aubergine and iron red enamels, depicting fishing nets drying at the front of buildings emerging from behind rockwork, the neck with a band of key fret and lappets

24 cm., 9½ in. high