A Kakiemon teapot and cover
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th centuryThe octagonal, moulded lobed body decorated in typical Kakiemon palette of blue, iron-red, green, and black enamels with different flowering plants in each panel, the neck with repeated sprays of leaves, the curved spout with green karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), the cover similarly decorated with leaves surrounding the knop painted with a chrysanthemum blossom; with a plain wood storage box. 11cm (4 5/16in) high. (3).
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For teapot of a similar design in the collection of Hayashibara Museum, see Hayashiya Seizo, Nihon no toji (Ceramics of Japan), vol.9, Kakiemon, Tokyo, Chuokoronsha, 1989, p.49, no.74. For another teapot with metal mounts, in the Ashmolean Museum, see John Ayers, Oliver Impey, and J. V. G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, London, Oriental Ceramic Society, 1990, p.145, no.110.