拍品 234
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A Pair of Arita Models of Carp
A Pair of Arita Models of Carp

EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)

细节
A Pair of Arita Models of Carp
Edo Period (late 17th century)
Decorated in iron-red, green, aubergine and black enamels and gilt and underglaze blue, each leaping from water, ormolu mounts (18th century)
Each approx. 34cm. high (2)
拍场告示
The mounts are possibly later than as stated in the catalogue.

拍品专文

Birds, fish and animals were popular in export ceramics at the end of the eighteenth century in France and were often ormolu mounted and they appeared in many auction catalogues, for example, the Gaignat sale, 14th February 1769, which included Deux Carpes de porclaine du Japon.