An Imari coffee urn. Japan, Arita, circa 1700
Modelled after a Dutch metal prototype, of pear shape with spirally lobed sides, showing a bulbous swelling with classical fluting below the neck, surmounted by a frieze of leiwen, with a flat loop handle and three tall feet in the form of bijin. The domed cover is topped with a knop in the form of […]
A pair of Chinese Imari “La dame au parasol” plates after a design of Pronk. Qianlong period
Decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilt with ‘La Dame au Parasol’ after a design by Cornelis Pronk, the central scene with a lady holding a parasol above another woman standing near waterfowl on a grassy bank, within a narrow band of flower-sprays at the well, the border with figural and bird cartouches on a honey-comb […]
A Chinese Imari bowl for the French market (Thomas-Auguste Miniac of Saint-Malo). Kangxi, circa 1710
Painted in the Imari palette with underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilding with the coat-of-arms of Miniac, Quaterly: 1 and 4, gules, an eagle displayed argent between five billets of the last, three and four; 2 and 3, azure, a cross cantoned with four crescent or, within a roptwist border enclosed by scrollwork and surmounted by […]
An unusual Chinese Imari barber basin. Kangxi
The rounded basin finely enameled in the Imari palette with four cartouches enclosing sprays of flowers on the flat rim with a treillis ground. The center of the barber basin is decorated with an official and his attendant in a garden.
A Japanese Arita “mistake” teapot for the Dutch market. Edo period, circa 1700
Of globular form, decorated in the Imari palette with sprays of chrysanthemum and a circular medallion with the letter ‘A’ marks both sides.
A small figure of a carp. Japan, Edo period, ca. 1700
Modelled as a carp leaping from waves, in a dynamic pose, the tail turned to the side and mouth open, decorated in underglaze blue, with its scales and fins highlighted in gilt and red enamel.
A pair of imari armorial plates for the French market (Thomas-Auguste Miniac of Saint-Malo). Kangxi
Painted in the centre in characteristic Imari palette, underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilding with the coat-of-arms of Miniac, Quaterly: 1 and 4, gules, an eagle displayed argent between five billets of the last, three and four; 2 and 3, azure, a cross cantoned with four crescent or, within a roptwist border enclosed by scrollwork and […]
An imari armorial plate for the French market (Thomas-Auguste Miniac of Saint-Malo). Kangxi
Painted in the centre in characteristic Imari palette, underglaze blue, rouge-de-fer and gilding with the coat-of-arms of Miniac, Quaterly: 1 and 4, gules, an eagle displayed argent between five billets of the last, three and four; 2 and 3, azure, a cross cantoned with four crescent or, within a roptwist border enclosed by scrollwork and […]
A Japanese Imari coffee pot. Edo.
Decorated in the Imari palette.
Two Imari fountains forming a pair. Qianlong
