A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA LATER DECORATED FLASKS, early 18th century
Height: 22cm; 8 ¾ in
AZ84 AZ85
AZ84 AZ85
Of rectangular shape, sloping shoulders and small round covers, decorated with underglaze blue panels of flowering branches and landscapes on each side and smaller panels on the top and on...
Of rectangular shape, sloping shoulders and small round covers, decorated with underglaze blue panels of flowering branches and landscapes on each side and smaller panels on the top and on the cover, all set within later European decorated gilt-work with stylised flowers.
Literature
See Schwartz Porcelain, Die Leidenschaft fur lack und ihre Wirkung auf das europaische Porzellan for similar pieces of Japanese porcelain later lacquered in Europe, another pair of similar shaped flasks and with the characteristic gilt-bordered panels are illustrated in John Ayers, Oliver Impey, J.V.G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces – The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650 – 1750, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1990, Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, p. 215, pl. 222.
