The works from the sake jar with dolls and peony design in overglaze enamels to the sake jar with peony design in overglaze enamels are unique examples of export porcelain produced by order from Europe from the Kanbun to Genroku periods. All of them were made as large bottles for pouring wine, so to speak, as substitutes for sake barrels, and the inlaid doll sake jar has a figure straddling the top of the barrel. Although made in a mold, the style is rather crude compared to Kakiemon’s Kanbun beauty dolls, and if the former is considered a good example, then this is a poor example. If the former is regarded as a good example, this is a poor example. However, the style is interesting, and there are few similar examples. The shape of this sake jar with seven gods of good fortune in overglaze enamels is clearly modeled after European metal vessels of this type, but the design on the body depicts seven gods of good fortune in the Japanese style. The design of Ebisu, Bishamon, and Benten riding on a sea bream is depicted in floating patterns, and weeping cherry blossoms and various other patterns are also depicted. The strings on the lid and other parts of the lid are indicative of metalware. The sake jar with peony design in overglaze enamels is a similar sake barrel with a four-sided body, and the four sides are decorated with peony, wisteria, camellia, chrysanthemum, and lotus designs. The color of underglaze blue and red is dark, and the overglaze painting is only red and gold. It was probably made between the Enpo and Genroku periods. All of them were imported from Europe in recent years.
