THREE JAPANESE CUPS AND COVERS

THREE JAPANESE CUPS AND COVERS

EDO PERIOD, C.1690-1700

All decorated with panels enclosing elegant depictions of flowers, fruiting branches and other plants, all reserved on a cobalt blue ground embellished with further flowers and scrolling tendrils, the rich decoration rendered in gilt, 8.6cm max. (6)

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

Cf. E Ströber, La Maladie de Porcelaine, pp.194-5, where a covered bowl and dish from the collection of Augustus the Strong with similar blue and gilt decoration are illustrated and discussed.