Ewer with phoenix and pomegranate design, enamelled ware

Ewer with phoenix and pomegranate design, enamelled ware
Ewer with phoenix and pomegranate design, enamelled ware
Ewer with phoenix and pomegranate design, enamelled ware

Height 18.0 cm, mouth diameter 8.5 cm, left and right 19.9 cm, bottom diameter 8.7 cm
Tokyo National Museum
 This water spout with a unique handle was one of the exported porcelains for Europe, and was recently introduced to Japan. The body has an unusual design of three pomegranates alternating with a rounded flying phoenix design, and was probably ordered as a teapot. The design must have been ordered by the European side, and the base material is milky white, suggesting that it was made in the Enpo or Genroku period.

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