A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MUSTARD POT FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET EDO PERIOD

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MUSTARD POT FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The bulbous body raised on a short flared foot and with a scrolling handle, the sides decorated in underglaze blue with poppies and other stylised blooms and buds, the foot with a border of triangular lappets and the handle with karakusa scrolls, with European silver mounts decorated with further floral designs,10cm.

See Asian Art, 11th November 2009, lot 188 for a related mustard pot from the Soame Jenyns Collection sold in these rooms.