19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN ENAMELLED AND GILT JAPANESE-REVIVAL IMARI-STYLE POTTERY EWER
Possibly Samson, France, late 19th century
AN ENAMELLED AND GILT JAPANESE-REVIVAL IMARI-STYLE POTTERY EWER
Possibly Samson, France, late 19th century
Of typical compressed pyriform shape, resting on a flared oval foot, rising to a tall neck with a bulging ring in the middle, and surmounted by a domed drop-shaped lid, with a curved handle and sinuous faceted spout on the sides, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and iron red, overglaze-enamelled in gold, the body with moulded drop-shaped panels infilled with a qilin in a fenced garden, further enhanced with phoenixes in flight amongst chrysanthemum and peonies, the shape of the ewer inspired by Islamic models, the palette and motifs inspired by Japanese Imari and Arita wares, a perfect pastiche of Oriental influences in line with the gusto of 19th-century European collectors, unmarked.
36cm high
Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 7 August 2012, lot 121.
Sold for £517
AN ENAMELLED AND GILT JAPANESE-REVIVAL IMARI-STYLE POTTERY EWER
Possibly Samson, France, late 19th century
Of typical compressed pyriform shape, resting on a flared oval foot, rising to a tall neck with a bulging ring in the middle, and surmounted by a domed drop-shaped lid, with a curved handle and sinuous faceted spout on the sides, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and iron red, overglaze-enamelled in gold, the body with moulded drop-shaped panels infilled with a qilin in a fenced garden, further enhanced with phoenixes in flight amongst chrysanthemum and peonies, the shape of the ewer inspired by Islamic models, the palette and motifs inspired by Japanese Imari and Arita wares, a perfect pastiche of Oriental influences in line with the gusto of 19th-century European collectors, unmarked.
36cm high
Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 7 August 2012, lot 121.
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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