Ref: U532
Archive item - not for sale
Japanese blue and white Arita coffee pot and cover, Edo period, late 17th Century, the conical shape decorated in brilliant underglaze-blue with two ho-ho birds amongst chrysanthemum and peony in a landscape, the cover similarly decorated with floral sprays and surmounted by a knop finial, on three feet with later European metal mounts, height: 12 1/2in., (31.7cm); condition: two small chips to inner rim of cover, one with short associated hairline. There is a near example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 79.2.176a,b; Also see the British Museum Collection, Museum No. 1971,0926.1.a-c. SOLD
