A RARE JAPANESE KO-IMARI JAR

A RARE JAPANESE KO-IMARI JAR
EDO PERIOD, C.1660-70

The cylindrical body decorated in iron-red, green, black and yellow enamels, with panels of flowers and bamboo alternating with brocade patterns and shippo-tsunagi cash designs, the shoulder with a band of lappets and the neck rim and foot with several concentric rings, a label reading 'OCS 2006, THE WORLD IN COLOURS, no.66', 20.3cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022)

Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, 2006, no.66.

See Sotheby's, London, Fine Japanese Art, 15 May 2020, lot 52, for a comparable jar. Also, see O Impey, C J A Jörg, C Mason, Dragons, Tigers and Bamboo: Japanese Porcelain and Its Impact in Europe: The Macdonald Collection, p.98 for another example of a ko-Imari flask with iron-red decoration.