A group of tea ceremony ceramics | Edo period, 17th - 18th century

The Property of a Gentleman

A group of tea ceremony ceramics

Edo period, 17^th - 18^th century 

the first a Takatori hanaike [flower vase] of coiled form with tall neck, decorated overall with dripped ochre glazes; the second a Bizen sake flask of ovoid form with short everted neck and rounded, decorated in ochre glazes falling to the shoulder; the third a Kiyomizu ware bowl with lug handles on three prunt feet, the deep bowl with a design in green, aubergine, iron red and gilt, with roundels of butterflies and peonies, interspersed on triangular panels of yellow, green and aubergine

14 cm., 5½ in. (the first)

9 cm., 3½ in. (the second)

10.2 cm., 4 in. (the third)