
A Rare Arita Tankard
After a German stoneware, probably Westerwald original
The rounded body applied with round bosses painted blue
The neck with a blue band
Traces of gilt
Arita C1680-1720
Height: 5 3/8″ (13.7 cm)
Condition: excellent, some wear to gilding
The British Museum have an almost identical example; 2015, 3013.1
Which is described as having been produced at the Arita kilns of the Hizen domain
In the 1680’s and based on a Rhenish Westerwald stoneware original