



Lot 239*
A set of five Nabeshima mukozuke (cups) Early 18th century
11 November 2010, 14:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £88,800 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA set of five Nabeshima mukozuke (cups)
Early 18th century
Each of conical form, the graduated underglaze-blue ground painted in coloured enamels with falling maple leaves; with lacquered wood storage box. 6cm (2 3/8in) high, 7.6cm (3in) diam. (6).
Each of conical form, the graduated underglaze-blue ground painted in coloured enamels with falling maple leaves; with lacquered wood storage box. 6cm (2 3/8in) high, 7.6cm (3in) diam. (6).
Footnotes
鍋島 色絵紅葉図向付 5客 18世紀前期
For sets of cups of similar form, see Japanese Ceramics in the Toguri collection, The Toguri Museum of Art, Tokyo, p.251, no.339; and Imari, Nabeshima, Kurita Museum, Tokyo, 1985, p.154, nos.148/9.
The falling-maple-leaf motif was very popular among Nabeshima painters. For a dish with maple leaves on an underglaze-blue water ground, see the Commemorative Exhibition Catalogue, Iro Nabeshima, Asahi Shimbun sha, April 1982, p.86.