Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Japanese polychrome apothecary bottle, 18th century, in typical gallipot form, decorated with birds among branches of fruiting pomegranate and peony, with a band of lappets and scrolling foliage at the shoulder and with four peonies around the neck. Gallipots were produced in a number of sizes as Japanese export ware and were probably used as apothecary bottles or to store wine. The flanges around the neck allowed for a cloth covering to be fastened over the top.
Dimensions:
Height: 8 1/2in., 21.6cm;
Condition:
chip to rim and firing-line to base.
Notes:
A similarly decorated gallipot is in the Ashmolean Museum Collection, Oxford; Accession no. EA1978.1793.
Guest & Gray 58 Davies StreetLondonW1K 5LP
