A RARE JAPANESE IMARI EWER AND COVER C.1700 The hexagonal body finely painted in underglaze blue

A RARE JAPANESE IMARI EWER AND COVER

C.1700

The hexagonal body finely painted in underglaze blue, red enamels and gilt with mountainous river landscapes, tassels, flowers and scrolling tendrils, the shoulder moulded with chrysanthemum flowerheads, the lid with comparable decoration and topped with a squatting figure wearing an eboshi hat, 26cm. (2)

Cf. Porcelain Collection Dresden, Guide to the Permanent Collection in the Dresden Zwinger, p.83, for a closely related ewer and cover from Augustus the Strong's collection bearing the Japanese Palace Inventory mark No:99+, inventory no.3304.