A JAPANESE FIGURE OF A BOY ON DRUM, 1670-1690
A JAPANESE FIGURE OF A BOY ON DRUM, 1670-1690
Figure of a boy on a drum, one leg drawn-up, with both hands grasping a tasseled cord that hold the double-gourd bottle on his back. A firing-hole in the left shoulder on the back. Unglazed flat base with textile imprint. Kakiemon, decorated in iron-red, green, black and overglaze blue enamels. The folds in the garment on the front enhanced in green and black, on the back a wisteria spray, on the bottle irregular spots.
Height 14 cm.
References: Ayers, Imprey & Mallet 1990, cat. 162; New York 1986, cat. 89; Shimizu 2002, p. 98; Impey 2002, cat. 71
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A JAPANESE FIGURE OF A BOY ON DRUM, 1670-1690
Figure of a boy on a drum, one leg drawn-up, with both hands grasping a tasseled cord that hold the double-gourd bottle on his back. A firing-hole in the left shoulder on the back. Unglazed flat base with textile imprint. Kakiemon, decorated in iron-red, green, black and overglaze blue enamels. The folds in the garment on the front enhanced in green and black, on the back a wisteria spray, on the bottle irregular spots.
Height 14 cm.
References: Ayers, Imprey & Mallet 1990, cat. 162; New York 1986, cat. 89; Shimizu 2002, p. 98; Impey 2002, cat. 71
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