Description
SET OF FOUR PIECES
in porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue enamels, comprising two round ‘kraak’-style bowls, one decorated with household objects against a background of foliage and swastika motifs, the other with a lakeside landscape in a central medallion. Also included is a painter’s cup in the shape of an elephant, its head turned slightly, with a hole pierced through its back forming the cup, and a large cooling bowl with handles in the shape of Buddhist lion heads.
(Restoration work on one of the bowls and the pot; missing sections on the elephant’s tusks and tail).
China, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, and Japan, Edo period (1603–1868).
SET OF BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN PIECES, COMPRISING TWO BOWLS, A POT AND AN ELEPHANT-SHAPED BRUSHER, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY AND JAPAN, EDO PERIOD.
DIAM. (BOWLS) 20 CM (7 7/8 IN.) – 21 CM (8 1/4 IN.)
DIAM. (CHILLING BOWL) 23 CM (9 1/16 IN.) – WIDTH 12 CM (4 3/4 IN.)
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