TWO JAPANESE ARITA U-SHAPED CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF AUGUSTUS THE STRONG 18TH...

TWO JAPANESE ARITA U-SHAPED CUPS AND SAUCERS FROM THE COLLECTION OF AUGUSTUS THE STRONG

18TH CENTURY

Painted with panels formed as chrysanthemum petals and with iron-red and gilt flower sprays, each inscribed to the base with Johanneum marks 'N:33ä', paper labels for the Oriental Ceramic Society 1956 exhibition, nos.243 and 145, and for Spink & Son Ltd., 15.3cm. (4)

Provenance: from an English private collection. Formerly in the collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland.

Cf. R Soame Jenyns, Japanese Porcelain, pl.32A, for a comparable example in the British Museum.