A Large Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl c.1690 – 1730.
A Large Japanese Porcelain Bowl, Arita Kilns c.1690 – 1730. This large deep and wide Japanese porcelain bowl is well potted with a gently flared rim. The painting, using bright clear tones of cobalt blue is bold and rather effective, creating a strong pattern. The interior is of six panels, framed ogee-shaped solid borders. The designs, all taken from nature, two panels show a simple dwellings on a rocky outcrop, another two, bamboo with other flowers and there are another two panels of rocks with flowers. Each panel has heavy looking clouds, painted with a wet brush, without the use of outlines. The well of this Japanese bowl is painted with pomegranate. The exterior shows orchids as well as other flowers, all under a stylised rain border, again done with a wet brush and no outlines. Large bowls of this type were popular in Europe, for an larger blue and white Japanese bowl, dated to 1680-1700 from Twickel Castle, illustrated in : Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christian J.A. Jorg, Hotei Publishing, 2003. ISBN 90-74822-16-9) and several bowl, dating from c.1680 to around 1730 are illustrated in Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection (Contributors Saga Kenritsu Kyūshū Tōji Bunkakan. Published by the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 2019) see References.
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- Condition
- In excellent condition,
- Size
- Diameter 30.6 (12 inches). Height 13.2 Cm (5.2 inches).
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 27300
- References
- For an larger blue and white Japanese bowl, dated to 1680-1700 from Twickel Castle, Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands see : Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christian J.A. Jorg, Hotei Publishing, 2003. ISBN 90-74822-16-9). Page 135, plate 143. Several bowl, dating from c.1680 to around 1730 are illustrated in Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection (Contributors Saga Kenritsu Kyūshū Tōji Bunkakan. Published by the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 2019) see plates 2164, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2252, 2277, and 2812. Large bowls of this approximate shape and size are perhaps less common in Europe than they are in Japan.
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A Very Large 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl, c.1680 – 1700.
Robert McPherson Antiques - Sold Archive - 25811.
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A Very Large 17th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl, Arita Ware c.1680 – 1700. This large deep Japanese porcelain bowl is thickly potted with a very high foot. The exterior is painted with bamboo, the well has a landscape of a promontory with houses by rocks and a pine tree with boat on the water. The inner border of diaper pattern broken up by cartouches appears to be borrowed from contemporary Kangxi porcelain. The painting using a variety of tones of inky appearance is typical of the period. Size : Diameter 30.6 cm (12 inches).
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