The beakers are boldly decorated in Kakiemon colours and underglaze blue with a continuous floral frieze composed of bamboo, prunus, chrysanthemum, peony and pine above a frieze of karakusa scroll, 10.6cm high.
Categories: Ceramics | Exhibitions | Kakiemon Porcelain at Burghley | State Rooms | The Great Hall |
A pair of bucket-shaped cinquefoil-rimmed beakers, Japanese, late 17th Century.
REFERENCE: CER0066