Name: A KAKIEMON TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
Brand: EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH – EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Price: 3500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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A Kakiemon Tea Bowl and Saucer
Edo period (late 17th – early 18th century)
Each of octagonal form, the exterior of the tea bowl and the interior of the saucer decorated in iron-red, blue, green, black enamels and gilt, the four facets alternately depicting a spray of red flower and auspicious objects divided by panels with a flowerhead and karakusa on a red ground, the tea bowl with chocolate rim
Saucer 11.5cm. wide; tea bowl 5.5cm. high

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For a similar example in the collection at Burghley House, see:
Gordon Lang, The Wrestling Boys – An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, (Eastbourne, 1983), p.22, no. 61.
Japan Society, New York, The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and Based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule (New York, 1986), p.251, no.106.

This design was copied by the Chelsea factory and Meissen. For a Meissen example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, see:
John Ayers, Oliver Impey, et al., Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, (London, 1990), p.282, no.331.

Although octagonal tea wares are not very common, some examples decorated in different designs are illustrated in:
Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Amsterdam, 2003), p.199, no.255. (Groninger Museum, Groningen)
Oliver Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain – Catalogue of The Collection of The Ashmolean Museum Oxford, (Amsterdam, 2002), p. 166, no. 253.