A RARE JAPANESE KAKIEMON WATER DROPPER SHAPED AS A BOYC.1680The smiling youth depicted seated on a drum, holding the tasselled cords of a double gourd slung over his shoulder, decorated in iron red, blue, green and black, the flat base with gauze marks, 14.4cm.For other examples of Kakiemon water droppers shaped as boys, see The Avery Brundage Collection at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, no. B69P30. Also, the Burghley House Collection, ref. CER0300 for two other models listed in the 1688 Inventory, one with comparable decoration.