TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLES

TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLES

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The first an Arita tokkuri sake bottle of square section, each side decorated with flowering chrysanthemum and other plants; the other a Kyoto mizusashi water container shaped as a well bucket, delicately painted with chidori birds and sprays of flowers, a small circular lid to the top, 20cm and 22cm. (3)

See the British Museum, access. no.1977,0228.3 for a related water jar painted with flower sprays.