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434 - Three Japanese Arita condiment ewers, late 17th-early 18th century, for the Dutch market, painted with blue and white or decorated in iron-red and gilt, each jug with a roundel containing the letter 'A' or 'S' for vinegar and soy, surrounded by birds or flowers, and another painted with chrysanthemum, the spout in the form of a dragon (9.5 to 11.5cm high) (7) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Footnote: Ewers such as these featuring individual letters indicating their specific culinary contents - 'O' for olie (oil), 'A' for azijn (vinegar), 'L' for limoen (lemon), and 'S' or 'Z' for soya or zoja (soy sauce) - were designed for the dining tables of The Netherlands. Miniature versions of these tablewares were also custom-ordered as Japon de commande. See Professor Dr Christiaan Jörg, 'Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections', Amsterdam, 2003, p. 176.
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Three Japanese Arita condiment ewers, late 17th-early 18th century, for the Dutch market, painted with blue and white or decorated in iron-red and gilt, each jug with a roundel containing the letter 'A' or 'S' for vinegar and soy, surrounded by birds or flowers, and another painted with chrysanthemum, the spout in the form of a dragon (9.5 to 11.5cm high) (7) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Footnote: Ewers such as these featuring individual letters indicating their specific culinary contents - 'O' for olie (oil), 'A' for azijn (vinegar), 'L' for limoen (lemon), and 'S' or 'Z' for soya or zoja (soy sauce) - were designed for the dining tables of The Netherlands. Miniature versions of these tablewares were also custom-ordered as Japon de commande. See Professor Dr Christiaan Jörg, 'Fine & Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections', Amsterdam, 2003, p. 176.
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