The Phillip Allen Collection - 16th November 2023

Lot 1035

THREE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE POURING VESSELS

Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £479

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Description

THREE JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE POURING VESSELS
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The first a tea kettle of compressed circular shape with a later wood cover, painted with wheels, hay bales, flowers and other auspicious objects amongst crashing waves; the other two modelled as ewers with side handles, the tallest with figures in a mountainous rivers landscape and with formal designs to the neck; the third vessel with a long spout and loosely painted with butterflies and flowers, 23.5cm max. (4)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).