Japanese blue and white Arita tankard, circa 1680
Japanese blue and white Arita tankard, circa 1680
£2,200.00
Description
Japanese blue and white Arita tankard, circa 1680, decorated with three panels, containing flowers, birds in trees issuing from rockwork, ducks in a river setting, and ladies with parasols, all set within a rocky landscape with pagodas, against a scrolling background interspersed by flowerheads; height: 9 1/4in. (23.5cm.) Hole inserted for metal lid at time of manufacture. There is a similar example at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, collection no. J111 from the Soame Jenyns Collection ; There is another example in the Victoria and Albert Museum with European silver mounts, no. C.417-1918, from the collection of Percival V. David. See also, Impey, ‘Japanese Export Porcelain: Catalogue of the Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford’, p.54, no.34.
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|---|---|
| Material and Technique | Porcelain with underglaze blue cobalt decoration |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Period | 17th Century |
| Condition | Other |
| Dimensions | Height: 23.5cm. |
Product REF: U547
