Antique Japanese Seto Ceramic Bottle Vase Hotei, Rat, & Karako, Monk & Dog Japan
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See also: Netsuke of Monk with Dog
Type: Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) / Vase
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) or Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Seto ware, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Unsigned.
Size: 11" tall (27.94 cm)
Weight: 3 lbs 0.5 oz (1376 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: PA auction 23 JAN 2025
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear and light damage to painted design. Original to manufacture glaze defect.
Subject: Seto ceramic bottle with heavy enamel painted designs of Hotei (one of the Japanese Seven Lucky Gods of Good Fortune aka Budai aka the Fat Buddha) with a karako attendant (Chinese style child) with a design on the reverse of a monk in yellow who should be praying but is playing with a piebald dog (see photos for a ceramic netsuke by Miura Kenya with a similar design - on one side the monk has an eye closed and is in prayer, on the other side he's seen playing with a hidden dog). At the foot of the monk is a white rat (nezumi) with a loop of string being held by Hotei.
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Antique Japanese Seto Ceramic Bottle Vase Hotei, Rat, & Karako, Monk & Dog Japan
www.ebay.com/sch/xcoasterxtreme/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
See also: Netsuke of Monk with Dog
Type: Sake Bottle (Tokkuri) / Vase
Material: Ceramic Pottery
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) or Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Origin/Maker: Seto ware, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Unsigned.
Size: 11" tall (27.94 cm)
Weight: 3 lbs 0.5 oz (1376 g)
Provenance:
Present: Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art
Previous: Private Collection
Collected: PA auction 23 JAN 2025
Condition: Item is used in good condition commensurate with age, see photos. Some light surface wear and light damage to painted design. Original to manufacture glaze defect.
Subject: Seto ceramic bottle with heavy enamel painted designs of Hotei (one of the Japanese Seven Lucky Gods of Good Fortune aka Budai aka the Fat Buddha) with a karako attendant (Chinese style child) with a design on the reverse of a monk in yellow who should be praying but is playing with a piebald dog (see photos for a ceramic netsuke by Miura Kenya with a similar design - on one side the monk has an eye closed and is in prayer, on the other side he's seen playing with a hidden dog). At the foot of the monk is a white rat (nezumi) with a loop of string being held by Hotei.
Location:
Antique Japanese Seto Ceramic Bottle Vase Hotei, Rat, & Karako, Monk & Dog Japan
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