An Arita coffee pot. Around 1680-1700

An Arita coffee pot. Around 1680-1700

Of conical shape, painted in underglaze-blue with a phoenix in a peony bush and a phoenix above a pommegranate branch. Spout and tap. Chip to the inside rim of the lid.

Height 29.9 cm Provenance

Private collection, Lower Saxony, Germany Literature

Compare: C. J. A. Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam 2003, cat. no. 261; Kaffee aus Porzellangeschirr und Aludosen, Johann Jacobs Museum, Zürich 1993, cat. no. 13 and 14