THREE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS

THREE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

All three with a scalloped rim and brown-painted edge, each decorated in underglaze blue with figures in a mountainous river landscape, with calligraphy to the side referring to the Chinese poem 'Ode to the Red Cliff' by Su shi (1037-1101), the undersides left undecorated, 15.3cm each. (3)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.