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November 12 | 11:00 AM
Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers

939 - Three Japanese porcelain saucers, Edo period and later, comprising: an Imari jardinière stand, late 17th century, of octagonal form, painted with pomegranate and scrolls to the corners, a lobed dish, painted in the Kakiemon style, with flowers issuing from rocks, and a lobed Imari dish, painted in gilt and enamels, with chrysanthemum roundels (9.2 to 12.2cm diameter) (3) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Footnote: For a similar Imari jardiniere stand, see the collection of the Toguri Museum of Art, Tokyo, illustrated in Gakugei no Kobeya (Curator’s Corner), no. 11, February 2019, where the unusual stacking and firing technique employed in their manufacture is discussed. Condition Report: Square: minor chips to footrim, chip to rim, losses to paintwork. Kakiemon style: losses to decoration, chips to footrim. Imari: minor chips to rim and footrim, losses to enamels and gilt.

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Estimation

£100 - 200 (€110 - 240)

Sale fees

32.4%

Three Japanese porcelain saucers, Edo period and later, comprising: an Imari jardinière stand, late 17th century, of octagonal form, painted with pomegranate and scrolls to the corners, a lobed dish, painted in the Kakiemon style, with flowers issuing from rocks, and a lobed Imari dish, painted in gilt and enamels, with chrysanthemum roundels (9.2 to 12.2cm diameter) (3) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Footnote: For a similar Imari jardiniere stand, see the collection of the Toguri Museum of Art, Tokyo, illustrated in Gakugei no Kobeya (Curator’s Corner), no. 11, February 2019, where the unusual stacking and firing technique employed in their manufacture is discussed. Condition Report: Square: minor chips to footrim, chip to rim, losses to paintwork. Kakiemon style: losses to decoration, chips to footrim. Imari: minor chips to rim and footrim, losses to enamels and gilt.

Auction details

Asian and Islamic Art - Day Two
Thursday, November 12
11:00 AM
Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers Cambridge Road
CM24 8GE Stansted Mountfitchet, United Kingdom
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