Japanese Arita Square Sake Flask and Cover decorated flowers, C20th
£25.00
LOT NUMBER 110
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LOT NUMBER 110
Japanese Arita Square Sake Flask and Cover decorated flowers, C20th
This is a rather striking example of a Japanese sake flask of less conventional form. The slender square form rectangular body (compare lot XX) is topped with a slender slightly concave neck of gently conical form, the top capped by a stopper like cover. On one of the corners is an elaborate loop form handle and on the other a short spout. The base is flat and unglazed. The decoration is rather hybrid. The iron red and gold scrolling pattern at the top recalls kutani pieces, but the main body, with its heavily enamelled chrysanthemum heads employing a wide variety of colours, looks almost towards satsuma wares. The combination is quite arresting if not eyecatching and raises the question of whether there was once a set of cups with a matching design… The slightly ‘brassy’ look to the gilding indicates an early C20th dating but probably no later than around 1920. Best regarded, perhaps, as a functional piece of whimsy!| Size: | Ht 16cm (overall) Ht (jug) 14.3cm Stopper 5cm Width (max) 8.5cm Base 4.cm x 5cm |
| Weight: | 190gm |
| Date: | 1920 |
| Condition: | Good condition generally; the spout with a minute chip, the stopper lid chipped and with slight loss at the base. |
| Price: | £25 |
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