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A fascinating Japanese coffee pot and collectors item by Samson Paris.
The Samson pot is part of many museum collection …
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A fascinating Japanese coffee pot and collectors item by Samson Paris.
The Samson pot is part of many museum collection suchs the National Gallery Prague and the
Princessehof in the Netherlands and probably many other collections.
Material: Ceramic, porcelain
Style: Japanese, Oriental, Antique, Baroque
Origin: France, Paris late 19th century
Technique hand painted and crafted
Mark: Blue mark beneath the pot ( see picture )
Porcelain Imari crane jug with rich relief decoration of cranes at nest with young, the whole is supported by three sages with kimono.
The Japanese coffee pot which were originally made at the Arita Kilns, c.1690-1730.
Although the original pot is modelled after a Dutch silver proto type,
the decoration depicted is in the Japanese style.
The pot has a slightly lobed pear-shaped body resting on its hexagonal base.
It shows a decoration in relief in underglaze blue, overlaid with gold and iron red and green enamel. Above the spout a pine tree with a nest of young cranes, while the parents fly in with food. Furthermore, a prunus and bamboo have been applied to the pot. Together with the pine they form 'The Three Friends of Winter', a symbol for a long life.
The large complicated moulded form is supported by three Japanese males that serve as legs.
Condition: Overall good minor wear, handle of the spout is missing and restoration upper rim which is very well done and not visible with the bare eye.
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Height 16.9in - 43cm
Depth 8.7in - 22cm
Width 7.5 - 19cm
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- Dimensions
- 8.7ʺW × 7.5ʺD × 16.9ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Figure
- Styled After
- AK Dutch Delftware
- Delft
- Dresden Porcelain
- Edmé Samson
- Furstenberg Porcelain
- Imari Porcelain
- KPM Porcelain
- Meissen Porcelain
- Nymphenburg Porcelain
- Porcelaine de Paris
- Royal Delft
- Samson & Cie
- Period
- Late 19th Century
- Country of Origin
- France
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- White
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