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Rare Japanese porcelain coffee fountain circa 1700

Works of Art

18th century

Rare Japanese porcelain coffee fountain circa 1700

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Works of Art du 18th century

Rare Japanese porcelain coffee fountain circa 1700

DIMENSIONS : l. 10.63 .inH. 18.5 .inP. 10.63 .in

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Rare Japanese porcelain coffee fountain with a mercury-gilt bronze mount.

The jar-shaped fountain is topped with its lid, and the whole features a beautiful underglaze cobalt blue decoration on a white background depicting traditional scenes set against a backdrop of peony branches and rocky mounds.
A rich, finely chiseled and gilded bronze mount adorns the porcelain. It includes a base supported by three dolphins, three taps topped with figures blowing sea horns, and two rims for the body and lid.

Very well preserved.

The porcelain, Japan, Edo period, Saga Province, Arita kilns, circa 1680-1690. The frame, United Provinces, Amsterdam or The Hague workshops, circa 1700.


Our fountain, which was created by repurposing an Arita porcelain jar, is unique to our knowledge, but other models using Japanese ceramics are preserved in museums such as:

- Lorient East India Company Museum. Featured on the poster for the exhibition "Coffee, Pleasure with a Bitter Taste," which ran from April 130 to December 15, 2022.

- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Inv. No. 79.2.176a)

- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Inv. No. EA1978.1090)

- Christie's, Paris, May 1, 2016, Lot 529

- Christie's, London, July 7, 2016, Lot 57

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