A Kakiemon Porcelain Beaker

Genroku Period 1688 - 1704

A Kakiemon Porcelain Beaker, Japanese, Genroku Period 1688 – 1704, from the Kakiemon kilns. The flower shaped form beaker is painted with shôchikubai , The Three friends of Winter, ; pine, prunus and bamboo. There are also flowering chrysanthemum as well as peony growing among a rocky ground. The lower band is of Karakusa. There is a spurious Ming mark to the base in over-glaze red, Jiajing 1522-1566.

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Condition
In excellent condition, very minor enamel losses. Firing fault - part of the lower band of Karakusa has been smuggled.
Size
Diameter 10.4cm (4 1/8 inches) Height 7.6 cm (3 inches)
Provenance
From a Private European Collection of Chinese and Japanese ceramics.
Stock number
25991
References
A polychrome Kakiemon beaker dated to c.1690, of this design, from Burghley House is illustrated in : Porcelain from The English Country House (Mark Hinton and Oliver Impey, Exhibition Held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 5th December 1989 - 14th January 1990.) page 38, plate 10.

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One of a Pair of Kakiemon Beakers from Burghley House, Staffordshire.

 

A pair of late 17th Century bucket-shaped cinquefoil-rimmed beakers, Japanese, late 17th Century. The beakers are boldly decorated in Kakiemon
A pair of Century bucket-shaped cinquefoil-rimmed beakers, Japanese, late 17th Century.
The beakers are boldly decorated in Kakiemon colours and underglaze blue with a continuous floral frieze composed of bamboo, prunus, chrysanthemum, peony and pine above a frieze of karakusa scroll, 10.6cm high.
Reference: CER0066

 

A Blue and White Kakiemon Beaker From the Collection of Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785

Robert McPherson Antiques

A Kakiemon Blue and White Porcelain Beaker from Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785 - Robert McPherson Antiques - 25155
A Kakiemon Blue and White Porcelain Beaker from Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785 - Robert McPherson Antiques - 25155
A Kakiemon Blue and White Porcelain Beaker from Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785 - Robert McPherson Antiques - 25155
A Kakiemon Blue and White Porcelain Beaker from Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785 - Robert McPherson Antiques - 25155
A Kakiemon Blue and White Porcelain Beaker from Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785. Shown with a polychrome example.
A Kakiemon Blue and White Porcelain Beaker from Margret Duchess of Portland 1715 – 1785. Shown with a polychrome example. Robert McPherson Antiques.