A JAPANESE ARITA POLYCHROME GOURD-SHAPED DISH

A JAPANESE ARITA POLYCHROME GOURD-SHAPED DISH
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

Decorated in underglaze blue and colourful enamels with roundels enclosing bamboo, pine and rhomboid patterns, on a moulded ground of scrolling tendrils and stylised lotus; the reverse with three sprays of prunus and a fuku mark, raised on a short foot decorated with crenellations, 13.2cm.

Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Shibata Collection Part 2, vol.1: pictures, p.25 for a set of comparable polychrome dishes dated 1640-50.

WITHOUT RESERVE