Worcester Porcelain Green 'Kakiemon' Leaf-Moulded Cream Boat, English 1768/70
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A Worcester porcelain green 'Kakiemon' leaf-moulded cream boat, English circa 1768/70. Provenance: Robyn Robb England. 2005 Exhibition no 10 (5950 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 112. Reference: There appears to be only one service decorated in this pattern examples of which have been sold;. Albert Amor The Golden Age exhibition 1980 cat.no.69 also A Celebration of 250 years of Worcester Porcelain 2001 cat.no 41, 9 cm high, 11.5 cm wide across the handle
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- Kakiemon Porcelain - Kakiemon porcelain was made from the 16th to the 19th century in the Arita area of Japan, and is generally agreed to include some of the finest porcelain made in Japan. It is decorated with polychrome enamels over glaze, the most popular colours being underglaze blue and enamels of green, blue, turquoise yellow and persimmon red.
The body of a Kakiemon object is pure white porcelain while the enamel overglaze motifs incorporate Japanese and Chinese designs, but leave much of the white surface unpainted. The name derives from the family of potters who are associated with this style of pottery.
Early Kakiemon porcelain was unmarked, and marks on later objects were variable and unreliable.
Kakiemon porcelain was first imported into Europe by the Dutch at the end of the 17th century, and became extremely popular, resulting in Kakiemon-style imitations being produced by European potteries including Bow, Chelsea and Worcester in England, Mennery, Samson and St. Cloud in France, Delft in Holland and Meissen in Germany.
It's rare for an original Kakiemon object to come onto the market, and almost all sold nowadays is of European origin, and described as Kakiemon pattern or Kakiemon style. - Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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