A GOOD JAPANESE KAKIEMON VASE C.1680 The ovoid... Lot 1140

A GOOD JAPANESE KAKIEMON VASE C.1680 The ovoid body decorated in iron-red^ yellow^ green^ blue and black enamels with a continuous mountainous river landscape^ with thatched buildings to the water~s edge^ fishing boats and a large weeping willow^ the neck with a tooth pattern band^ the shoulder with stylised clouds and with two concentric red lines above the foot^ 21cm. Provenance: Christie~s London^ 11th May 2011^ lot 109. Cf. E Strober^ La maladie de porcelaine: East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong^ p.166^ where this style of Kakiemon decoration is discussed^ and Old Imari Ware^ the Toguri Museum of Art^ p.81^ pl.73^ where a comparable example is illustrated.