JPFE 01 A Ko-Kiyomizu 'Tokkuri' Boy-Form Sake Bottle

江戶 清水燒男孩造型清酒瓶

 Edo Period,late 18th century

The sake bottle is shaped as a smiling boy seated on his knees wearing a green kimono with roundels of autumn branches in green and blue enamels and gilt on a creamy crackled ground. He is holding a 'noshi' decorated with branches of bamboo, pine and prunus.
Height 14.5 cm 

The style of this rare piece is decorated after the style of Nonomura Ninsei (active 1655-1681) who set up the Kyoto ware kilns. 

Provenance: Private Canadian collection
                     J.A.N. Fine Art, London

JPFE 01 江戶 清水燒男孩造型清酒瓶
時代：江戶時期，18世紀晚期。
特徵：此清酒瓶呈坐姿男孩造型，身穿綠色和服的男孩面帶微笑，手持裝飾松竹梅等圖案的熨斗(noshi)。
尺寸：高14.5公分。
來源：加拿大私人收藏。倫敦J.A.N. Fine Art。