Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 4
A SMALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH (MUKOZUKE)
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
A SMALL JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH (MUKOZUKE)
EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Modelled as a crane in flight, the elegant bird turning its head to the right, the feathers moulded in low relief and with details rendered in underglaze blue, the rim with a brown edge, raised on a short foot painted with a crenellated border, the base inscribed with a Chinese mark reading Xuan Ming nian zhi,15.8cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.
Cf. G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.5, no.16, for a comparable dish.