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An Imari Coffee Pot and Cover
Edo period (early 18th century)
After a Dutch metal form, the conical ribbed body decorated in iron-red, green, yellow, aubergine and black enamels and gilt on underglaze blue with two ho-o birds amongst peony and pomegranate issuing from rockwork, the cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a knop finial, the loop handle pierced for a mount and decorated with karakusa [scrolling foliage] and a flowerhead, fitted with a metal tap modelled as a mythical beast head
29cm. high
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For a similar example, see:
Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), no. 18A. (Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen)

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