Edo period (late 17th-early 18th century)

Details

Three Pairs of Imari Models of Carp and Two Others Similar
Edo period (late 17th-early 18th century)
Each modelled as a carp, two with Kintaro, decorated in iron-red, green, aubergine, black enamels and gilt on underglaze blue
Sizes range from 11.5cm. high to 33.8cm. high

Provenance

W. W. Winkworth

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Lot Essay

For similar examples see:
Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, (London, 1965), no. 55A
Christiaan J.A. Jorg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Amsterdam, 2003), p.284, no. 358.

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