A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES

A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES

EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

Comprising of a saucer and three bowls, one with a lid; all decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels; variously painted with mythological creatures, flowers, chrysanthemum mon, brocade patterns and geometrical designs, the dish with a mark reading Da Ming Chengua nian zhi, two bowls and the lid with the same four-character inscription reading fu kuei chang ch'un (longevity and everlasting prosperity), 15.9cm max. (5).

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

Cf. J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.225 no.239, for a bowl decorated with red concentric squares related to the one in this lot.