Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 1131
A JAPANESE KO-IMARI BLUE AND WHITE TUREEN AND LID C.1690 Decorated in underglaze blue with a...
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A JAPANESE KO-IMARI BLUE AND WHITE TUREEN AND LID
C.1690
Decorated in underglaze blue with a continuous scene of pavilions and weeping willow in a mountainous landscape, with a band of lappets and concentric rings above the foot, the cover with a chrysanthemum flowerhead and mirroring the decoration, 21cm. (2)
Cf. B Davies, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the Collection of Oliver Impey, p.52, no.23 for a comparable tureen decorated with a mountainous landscape. Another example is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 2002.447.47a,b.