The form is an close copy of a Japanese Arita flask and was probably modelled on an example in the Japanisches Palais of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, but being on early Böttger porcelain it predates the pieces ordered through Graf Hoym from Meissen in 1729.

The Dutch enameller has matched the Kakiemon palette well but has added a rose-pink which is not found on Japanese originals, however it could well have duped and unwary buyer in Paris.

Condition:
Small chip to rim, slight flakes to enamels

Literature:

Manners 2024
‘Decorators of Ceramics and Glass’, 2024, no. 44

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