EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY); THE MOUNT, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN

Name: A GILT-MOUNTED ARITA EWER
Brand: EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY); THE MOUNT, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN
Price: 400.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 500

Estimate

GBP 500 - GBP 800

Closed: 7 Jul 2016

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A GILT-MOUNTED ARITA EWER

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY); THE MOUNT, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY GERMAN

Price Realised GBP 500

Closed: 7 Jul 2016

Price Realised GBP 500

Closed: 7 Jul 2016

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PROPERTY FROM A BELGIAN COLLECTION

A Gilt-Mounted Arita Ewer
Edo period (late 17th century); the mount, 17th - 18th century, possibly German
The ovoid body with waisted neck and pinched spout, decorated overall in underglaze blue in Chinese Transitional style with figures in a landscape with trees, rocks and water, the neck with the bands of flowers and circumferential lines; the gilt-copper mount with loop handle and mythical beast hinged cover
26 cm. high incl. mount

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Lot Essay

This shape of this ewer derived from German or Dutch stoneware or faience and probably copied from the models supplied by the VOC.

For similar examples without mount, see:
Christiaan J.A. Jorg, , (Amsterdam, 2003), p.159, no. 177. (Groninger Museum, Groningen)
Oliver Impey, , (Amsterdam, 2002), p.47, no. 17. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)