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THE SOAME JENYNS COLLECTION OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ART
A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA FLOWER VASES (HANAIKE)

EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)

    Price Realised GBP 6,875
    Estimate
    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000
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    A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA FLOWER VASES (HANAIKE)

    EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)

    Price Realised GBP 6,875
    Price Realised GBP 6,875
    Details
    Each modelled as a carp leaping from waves, their tails turned to the sides and mouths open, decorated in underglaze blue, with their scales and fins highlighted in gilt and red enamelled mouths, the waves decorated in green enamels
    9¾ in. (24 cm.) high


    Provenance
    H. Woods Wilson Ltd.
    Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.
    Literature
    For the left carp, see Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), no. 35A.
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    Similar examples sold in Christie’s London, 11 November 2016, sale 12020, lots 114 and 115.
    For a further example of models of carp, see Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Amsterdam, 2003), no. 358 and 359, p. 284.
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