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A Fine Kakiemon Teapot
Edo period (late 17th century)
The hexagonal lobed teapot and cover decorated in iron-red, blue, green and black enamels with various flowers of chrysanthemum, clove pink, clematis and peony, below a band of lappets, the rounded handle and the hexagonal spout with karakusa, the fitted cover similarly decorated with flowers, the finial in shape of a flower bud, with a fitted wood box
12.8cm. wide
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For similar examples in the collections of the British Museum and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, see:
Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), no. 59A.
Oliver Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain Catalogue of The Collection of The Ashmolean Museum Oxford, (Amsterdam, 2002), p.87, no. 83 and 83a.

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