ID 696708 
Lot 231  | A PAIR OF JAPANESE ARITA MODELS OF LEAPING CARP, LATER MOUNTED AS LAMPS
Valeur estimée
£ 2 000 – 3 000 
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Each carp modelled leaping from water with open mouth, decorated in various coloured enamels and gilt; each on 20th century lamp base with a gold silk damask shade, supplied by François-Joseph Graf
The carp: 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 26 3⁄8 in. (67 cm.) high, overall
Literature
For a similar example in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, accession no. C.43A-1962, see John Ayers, Oliver Impey, J.V.G. Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, (The Oriental Ceramics Society, 1990), cat. no. 178, p. 189.
Special notice
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| Technique appliquée: | Poterie | 
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| Matériel: | Céramique, Porcelaine | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Japon | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lampes et luminaires | 
| Technique appliquée: | Poterie | 
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| Matériel: | Céramique, Porcelaine | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Japon | 
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lampes et luminaires | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | 
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