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Object 2010364

Small oviform covered jar

Japan

1700-1730

Height 123 mm (4.84 inch), diameter 62 mm (2.44 inch), diameter of mouthrim 35 mm (1.38 inch). diameter of footring 41 mm (1.61 inch)

Small oviform jar on footring, wide upright neck. Domed cover with pointed knob on a domed base. Imari decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red and gold with around the foot and shoulder a flowering prunus scroll border. In between both borders flowering peony, chrysanthemum and poppy plants and three hõ-õ birds in flight. On the upright neck and the rim of the cover a spiral pattern border. On the domed cover flowering peony and chrysanthemum plants. The base of the gold pointed knob is modelled after chrysanthemum.

Porcelain miniatures were popular in The Netherlands, where they were used to furnish doll's houses, which were not children's playthings but professionally furnished replicas of townhouses. In general, miniatures were included in groups of decorative porcelain placed on shelves, brackets and consoles in the Dutch interior, or in the porcelain rooms of the grand houses, such as those still in Pommersfelden and Charlottenburg. Germany. (Jörg 2003/1, p.190)

Condition: A small hairline to the rim and fine crazing to the glaze.

Reference:

Jörg 2003/1, cat. 191, 193 & 238

Price: Sold.