£4,400
LARGE JAPANESE ARITA TRUMPET VASE
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
in the Kakiemon palette, the sides painted with a scene depicting the Chinese tale of the Tang poet Li Bo, who made the eunuch Gao Lischi remove his boot in the Imperial presence
47cm high
PROVENANCE: Private London collection
Sotheby's Fine Japanese Art, 6 November 1918
Christies, Japanese Art and Design, 16 May 2007
Keppel Collection
NOTE: For a similar example see Nagatake Takeshi 'Kakiemon Toji taikei, Vol 20, Page 121, No 59
Good overall appearance. U-shaped hairline to rim and a star crack to the base.
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