ARITA c.1650 – 1660. Japanese Porcelain
A Rare Early Arita Porcelain Dish c.1650 – 1660. The Thickly Potted Moulded Dish has a Scalloped Edge with Raised Ridges at an Angle Giving the Impression of Overlapping Petals. The Central Scene Depicts Large Bird Seated on a Flowering Chrysanthemum Branch. The Rim on the Reverse is Painted with Scrolling Leaves and the Base with an Apocryphal Ming Chenghua Mark.
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- Condition
- One small rim chip with a gold-lacquer repair.
- Size
- Diameter : 20 cm (7 3/4 inches).
- Provenance
- N/A
- Stock number
- 21533
- References
- For three early blue and white Arita porcelain dishes of this form and period see : The Commemorative Exhibition For The Contribution, The Shibatas Collection Volume I, Part II (Akihiko Shibata and Yuko Shibata and others, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, 1991) page 33, plates 72,73,74. For a further example see : Kakiemon, Une Europe Sous L'Influence Du Japon A Travers La Porcelaine Aux 17eme Et 18eme Siecles Collections Privees (Vincent L'Herrou,Tomate & Risson, undated c.2006). Page 12.
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