A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI MODEL OF A MAN C.1700 Depicted standing and wearing a short coat over his...

A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI MODEL OF A MAN

C.1700

Depicted standing and wearing a short coat over his kimono, his garments decorated with birds in flight, branches of pine and geometrical designs in underglaze blue and gilt, iron-red, black and green enamels, 38cm.

See the British Museum, acc. no.1964,0715.1 for another Imari model of a standing man described as one of the many caricature-like figures produced in the kilns of Arita in the early 18th century for export to Europe.