Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1069
TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLES
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLES
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
The first an Arita tokkuri sake bottle of square section, each side decorated with flowering chrysanthemum and other plants; the other a Kyoto mizusashi water container shaped as a well bucket, delicately painted with chidori birds and sprays of flowers, a small circular lid to the top, 20cm and 22cm. (3)
See the British Museum, access. no.1977,0228.3 for a related water jar painted with flower sprays.