Japanese Works of Art - 13 Nov 2025
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A LARGE JAPANESE KRAAK-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER
A LARGE JAPANESE KRAAK-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
The well painted with a deer by a pond, the small animal surrounded by lush vegetation, bamboo, chrysanthemum and butterflies; the cavetto with alternating panels of flowers and auspicious symbols, 45.5cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Dorset.
Cf. J Ayers, O Impey and J V Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, p.93, pl.31 for a comparable dish. Also, see the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, access. no. 1724-1876.