Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
Pursuit of an Ideal: Fine Japanese Works of Art
The Property of a Lady
An early enamelled vase | Edo period, mid-17th century
Lot Closed
November 5, 02:09 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
The Property of a Lady
An early enamelled vase
Edo period, mid-17th century
oviform with short neck and ring foot, decorated in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels, with long-tailed birds and a goose, among a dense profusion of peonies and chrysanthemums
16.8 cm., 6⅝ in. high
For a similar example in the collection of Sir Harry and Lady Garner, see Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1961), pl. 52B, see images left.
For an example inventoried to the eighteenth century, see Christian Jörge, Fine and Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collection, (Amsterdam, 2003), pg. 61, no. 45. Jorge mentions that the flying bird and large flowers still evoke the river scenes seen on Chinese kraak porcelain, whilst the bird on the branch is clearly related to depictions on Kakiemon porcelain.