Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 1139
A RARE JAPANESE KAKIEMON BOTTLE
Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £8000
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Description
A RARE JAPANESE KAKIEMON BOTTLE, TOKKURI
C.1690
The square-section body decorated in iron-red, blue, yellow, green and black with a long tail-feathered ho-ho bird on a branch of flowering prunus, with another smaller bird flying underneath a branch of pine to the other side, with further blossoms scattered over the shoulder and fitted with a European ormolu neck, the base with remnants of paper labels for the G & C Wingfield Digby collection and for Marchant London, 20.5cm.
Provenance: Sotheby's London, 14th July 2006, lot 1261.