Pair of Japanese vases decorated in Holland, Kakiemon style, late seventeenth century. Mounts Escalier de Cristal, XIX century.

Pair of Japanese vases decorated in Holland, Kakiemon style, late seventeenth century.
Japanese porcelain. Mounts gilded and chiseled bronze Escalier de Cristal, Paris 19th century.
Measurements: 26 cm (height); 12 x 12 cm (base).

Pair of prismatic body vases decorated in the Japanese Kakiemon style, originating in the 17th century. In 1659, with the expansion of the export market demand to Europe through the Dutch East India Company (VOC), the style was quickly copied by the new European porcelain factories that appeared in the 18th century, such as Meissen in Germany, Chantilly in France and Chelsea in England.

Originating in Arita, Japan, the factory is still in operation today. It is a style defined by the use of enamel overglaze polychrome glaze with elegant, brightly colored pictorial designs on a milky white porcelain body. This style was established in the 1670s and is known as the classic "Kakiemon style".

For its part, Escalier de Cristal was a French company of high quality bronze decoration that knew how to adapt to both the fashions of the time and Japonisme.