A Rare Japanese Porcelain Bowl from the Mottahedeh Collection, Arita Kilns c.1690 – 1730.

A rare late 17th or early 18th century Japanese porcelain bowl, Arita kilns c.1690-1730. The heavily potted bowl tapers to a thin rim, the lower exterior is moulded and perhaps incised, with a continuous band of lotus petals that has the edges gilded. The the lower area of the the interior of this bowl has polychrome painting of lose group of chrysanthemum and orchid tied with a tasseled golden ribbon.

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Condition
In excellent condition, there is no damage, only some minimal wear to the gilt rim.
Size
Diameter : 17 cm (6 3/4 inches)
Provenance
From the collection of Rafi and Mildred Mottahedeh, The Mottahedeh Collection.
Stock number
101
References
This bowl is Illustrated in : China for the West, Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection Vol. I ( David S. Howard and John Ayers, Sotheby`s,1978. ISBN 0-85667-035-9) page 125, plate 103. One of a pair. For another Arita porcelain bowl of this design and form see : Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection (Kyushu Ceramic Museum,2003) page 340, plate 2659. Another Japanese porcelain bowl of this type but with additional decoration by Daniel or Ignaz Preissler is illustrated in : European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain 1700 - 1830 (Helen Espir,Jorge Welsh Books, 2005) pages 130-131, plates 20 and 21.

Information

This bowl was described by David Howard in : China for the West, Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection Vol. I ( David S. Howard and John Ayers, Sotheby`s,1978. ISBN 0-85667-035-9) page 125, plate 103. "Conical bowl with a band of relief-moulded lotus petals round the foot with incised veining and gilding. Inside painted in green, red and aubergine purple enamels are sprays of chrysanthemum and orchid tied with a tasselled ribbon.

The spare asymmetry of their design is characteristic of one aspect of Japanese taste, combined with the rich colouring and finesse in drawing to achieve a form of distinction unfamiliar in European ceramic decoration up to this date".