An Arita double gourd bottle. Late 17th century - image-1

Lot 320a Dα

An Arita double gourd bottle. Late 17th century

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
08.12.2017, 14:00 - Japanese Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 1.240 € (incl. premium)

An Arita double gourd bottle. Late 17th century

An Arita double gourd-shaped bottle painted with chrysanthemum and peony branches and displaying the monogram FW in a roundel. Rim ground down. Late 17th century.
Height 25.8 cm

Provenance

Princess Marie of The Netherlands
Giese Family Collection, acquired in 29.05.1967 at August Bödiger, (in this auction the inheritance of the Princess Marie of The Netherlands was auctioned in the castle Neuwied), Lot 421

Literature

Compare almost identical bottle, illustrated in: F. Reichel, Altjapanisches Porzellan aus Arita in der Dresdner Porzellansammlung, Leipzig/Würzung 1980, ill. 64