Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 10
A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW BOWL
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £450
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Description
A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SHALLOW BOWL
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
With a barbed rim, the interior painted in Kraak style with a central medallion enclosing a scholar stargazing by a plantain tree, encircled by panels with floral sprays, all within a continuous landscape border, the underside similarly painted with floral cartouches, the base with a four character Xuande mark and a paper label for Christie's, 23.3cm.
Provenance: purchased from Christie's London, 22nd January 1998, lot 353.