Ca 1700-1720 Gold Imari Arita Japanese Quails Edo Period Porcelain Coffee pot

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Condition Report: Knot of lid restuck, large line in lower part of piece. Size 300mm high 180mm diameter handle outside to farthest point base.

Coffee pot on footring with nice curved handle. Lid with pointy knob. ‘Gold’ Imari, decorated in gold, iron-red and a pink-gold wash with flowering plants, each with a pair of birds, namely millet and quail, carnation and crested grouse and double camellia with partridge. Two birds in flight at the top. On the handle flowers, on the cover two groups of flowering plants.

This is a beautiful example of ‘gold’ Imari. No underglaze blue or other enamel colors have been used, and the thin rosy layer of gold provides sufficient contrast to the brighter red and gold. It was once part of an extensive service that has become scattered. The quail, which symbolized courage as a fighting bird, was a popular motif and appears on all kinds of Arita porcelain. Quail and millet indicate autumn. The quail was frequently copied on 18th century European porcelain. Some of the birds and flowers in this intricate decoration are quite stylized and therefore not easy to identify.

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