Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 1137
A RARE JAPANESE KAKIEMON FIGURE OF A BOY
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A RARE JAPANESE KAKIEMON FIGURE OF A BOY, KARAKO
C.1690
The youth depicted hugging a giant gourd-shaped sake bottle, decorated in iron-red, blue, green, yellow and black, his robes painted with a pattern of stylised cash, leaves, long feathers and dots, the bottle with an undulating design and with a rope tied around the narrow part of the body, 13.5cm.