Japanese blue and white Arita dish, Genroku c. 1700

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Japanese blue and white Arita dish, Genroku c. 1700

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Japanese blue and white Arita dish, Genroku c. 1700, painted in the Chinese 'Kraak ' style, the centre with a jardiniere containing flowers on a terrace with an insect above, the border with wide panels alternatively decorated with a flowering plant and a Buddhist good luck knot motif with narrow panels inbetween. The reverse with the usual stilt marks, diameter: 42 cm, condition: perfect
See 'Fine and Curious Japanese Export Porcelain' by Christiaan Jorg, page 27 A dish with similar decoration can be found in the Rijksmusuem Collection, accession number: AK-RBK-1972-220.

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Material and Technique Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
Origin Japanese
Period 17th Century
Style Other
Condition Excellent
Diameter 42cm.

Product REF: W480