Description

Chinese porcelain blue and white sake bottle of pear shape with slender neck and gently flared rim, painted on the exterior with three leaping deer amongst stylised clouds and flames, the base glazed white.

7 3⁄4 inches, 19.7 cm high.

Tianqi, 1621-1627.

Edo period box.

Provenance & Additional Information

  • Formerly in a Japanese private collection, Tokyo.
  • Sold by T. Edo Inouye & Son, Tokyo, 8th February 2014.
  • Purchased at the Torikai auction, 2016.
  • Included by Marchant in their exhibition of Kosometsuke & Shonzui, 2024, no. 18, pp. 56/57.
  • A related sake bottle painted with Liu Hai is illustrated by Kitaoji Rosan-jin in Kosometsuke Hyaku Hin-shu, no. 28.

Condition

  • rim knock cleared, natural firing flaw on the foot
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