S2012
£9,500
Description
A Chinese porcelain kosometsuke waterpot in the form of twin peaches, with stalk and foliage in relief, painted with four butterflies on a key-fret ground, the three biscuit feet of butterfly form.
5 ¼ inches, 13. 3cm long.
Tianqi, 1620-1627.
Wood stand.
Condition
Available on request.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Included by S. Marchant & Son in their exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, June 1989, no. 16, p.20.
- By repute from the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan.
- An analogous waterpot is illustrated by Mashiko Kawahara in Kosometsuke, Vol. I, no. 104, p.132/3.
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