A LARGE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE DISH

A LARGE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE DISH

EDO PERIOD, C.1700

Painted in underglaze blue with a central cartouche enclosing an elegant ho-o bird, the shochikubai (pine, prunus and bamboo) emerging from rockwork beside it; the cavetto with panels variously enclosing Chinese figures, flowering branches and further peacocks, the underside with karakusa scrolls, the base left unglazed; together with a baluster-shaped vase decorated in underglaze blue with peonies and pomegranates amongst tall grasses, the shoulder applied with small studs and handles modelled as mythical creatures with lion heads and fish tails, 34cm and 21.7cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

Cf. B Davies, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the collection of Oliver Impey, pp.94-95, no.46, for a closely related dish, formerly in the collection of Margaret, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), Welbeck Abbey.