A Rare Set of Ten Small Japanese Blue and White Fan Shape Dishes, Arita Kilns c.1690 - 1720. These very small thinly potted Japanese porcelain dishes are mould made to represent an open fan. The scene fits onto what would be the paper part on the fan. It shows a water side with a large willow tree and a small building, a rustic shelter of some kind, next to that is a bound rock and fishing nets hung to dry. The reverse has an imitation four character Ming mark in cursive script. The H type design represents good luck, its very thin, perhaps suggesting pine needles. It's rare to find a complete set of ten Japanese porcelain dishes complete with their box. The dishes are in an extensively inscribed Tomobako box.     See Below For More Photographs and Information