ARITA c.1690 – 1730 Japanese Porcelain

An Unusual Blue and White Japanese Porcelain Dish of Circular Form with a Foliated Rinka Rim. This Dish is from the the Génroku (1688-1704) or Kyōhō Period (1716 1736). The Irregular White Area in the Center is Thought to Symbolize a Thunder Bolt, While the Ground Consisting of Squares Represents Flagstones, these have Two Flowering Chrysanthemum Sprays Overlaid on them. The Reverse has Scrolling Karakusa and an Apocryphal Chinese Ming Mark of Chenghua (1465-1487).
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Condition
No damage but there are some glaze stress lines in the middle of the dish as well as some light crazing.
Size
Diameter : 20.2 cm (8 inches)
Provenance
N/A
Stock number
22143
References
For a very similar blue and white dish is in the Shibata Collection, the catalogue, volume VIII, plate no. 130.

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