Chocolate Pot, Kakiemon

Of full-bellied pear-shape with large sparrow-beak lip set slightly below the top rim of the body in front of a triangle of circular pouring holes and at the right angle to the strap handle. Charming decoration after the Kakiemon.

Provenance: Christie’s Melbourne; Taylor Collection.

Some restoration to spout with overpainting to the inside stopping at rim. None to exterior.