A Rare Japanese Blue and White Porcelain 'Van Frytom' Teabowl, Arita Kilns c.1690 - 1710. This Japanese porcelain teabowl is painted after the well-known Dutch Delft artist Frederik Van Frytom (1632 - 1702). It is finely painted with a rural scene from the Netherlands, depicting a huntsman on a galloping horse, a Frisian farm house known as a kop-hals-rompboerderij  (Head-neck-body, these also exist in Groningen and North Holland as these areas were originally part of Friesland) and people walking in the countryside. The well of the bowl shows the huntsman’s prey, a deer in flight. The base with a four character Chenghua mark (Ming 1465-1487). As far as Japanese and Dutch trade is concerned, Van Frytom is known for an incredibly important series of Delftware dishes he made for export to Japan, the bases of which were marked MB and dated 1684. For more information see 'References' and additional information below the photographs.