Japanese Blue and White Teapot, Cover and Liner, Aizu-Hongo ware, late C19th/early C20th
Price: £45
A Japanese ceramic teapot of globular form with a short upright rim and a slightly countersunk lid with a round knob, two lugs for the attachment of a carrying handle and a short straight angular spout, boldly decorated in underglaze blue and white with flowering peony, the rim and cover with a band of whorl pattern, the base flat and unglazed and the interior with a fitted liner or strainer of tapering conical form with a flat bottom and small pieced holes. A similar teapot can be seen in the collection of the University of Idaho (see image 13) where it is described as having been made at the Aizu-Hongo kilns in Japan, situated in the Fukishima prefecture. Teapots in this style were made in large quantities between 1885 and 1911 and many were exported to America appearing in export catalogues of the period. The addition of a liner or strainer is a most unusual feature for an Oriental teapot but was standard for these particular wares. The lugs would have been fitted with a bamboo handle making it easier to handle the piece with hot water inside. A practical design, but this teapot is rather more likely to be admired than used in the present day.
LOT 6
Japanese Blue and White Teapot, Cover and Liner, Aizu-Hongo ware, late C19th/early C20th
Estimate: £60 – 80
9d 21h 33m
£0.00
Japanese Arita blue and white stencil decorated Bowl, early C20th
Price: £35
A Japanese bowl the sides curving inwards to the short foot and the rim faintly lobed, decorated in underglaze blue with boys playing in a stylised garden scene below a floral border, the centre interior with a medallion of a ‘ho ho’ bird and leaves. The work here could be termed ‘naif’ and this is due in part to the techniques of decoration which seems to employ stencilled designs rather than hand painted decoration. This can be seen most clearly in image (5). Many pieces in this style, both bowls and plaques, were exported to the West in the early twentieth century and were presumably cheap to purchase on their arrival. Most likely they were made at one of the kilns in the Arita district, the home of many workshops producing wares for export. This is not the grandest of the Japanese pieces made for the West but has a simple charm which can be enjoyed today, as when it was made, at an affordable price!
LOT 5
Japanese Arita blue and white stencil decorated Bowl, early C20th
Estimate: £30 – 40
9d 21h 31m
£0.00
