JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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PAIR OF ARITA MODELS OF CATS
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Seated on their haunches with right paws raised towards their mouth, with gilt collars and white-glazed bodies spotted with black and iron-red patches
Each 5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm) high

Provenance

Christie's Amsterdam, 23-24 May 2006, lot 19.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A related pair is illustrated in Courtly Design, The Somlyo Collection of Japanese Ceramics, Christie's, London, 2015, fig. 25. The present lot may also be compared in style, decoration and size to the pair of Arita spotted dogs in the Collection of Augustus Strong illustrated in La Maladie de Porcelain, East Asian Porcelain from the Collection of Augustus the Strong, Eva Strober, Edition Leipzig, 2001: pp. 208 & 209.

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