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Kakiemon Brass French mounts France 18c porcelain box
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Pre 1900 item# 469781
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bleu et blanc/Blue & White America, Inc.
Tokyo Time: 011-81-90-1844-8776
$750 includes shipping from Japan
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4 x 3.25 x 7.5" with mounts, or 10 x 8 x 19 cm with mounts. Dating estimated 18c, unlikely 19c, certainly not 20c. This is a beautiful mounted porcelain box done in the Kakemon style. Let's begin by saying we are specialists in Japanese porcelains, so we can say with confidence the box is not Japanese kakiemon (the type of box is wrong for Japan, the style of the painting derivative, and the palette different), but we don't know enough about European versions to say with any sureness where this was made. I think most likely it is French or English, but could be German. too (so I guess that doesn't help at all! Kakiemon porcelains were made from the 17c in Kyushu, Japan, and Europeans were crazy about them, with royalty eagerly collecting the pieces, inspiring both copies and newly derived local versions. Japanese pieces were often accentuated wih brass mounts in Europe, but this piece seems to have been intended for mounts from its manufacture. It has the qualities of older (18c and before) porcelains in the slight unevenness of surface consistency. It is beautifully hand painted with the addiiton of the handsome brass mounts. It is in perfect condition and is guaranteed not to be a modern reproduction, (of which ebayers are quite familiar with now, especially with Japanese porcelains!. ) This is a lovely piece but simply not our specialty and it is offered at a reasonable reserve.
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