Japanese Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 16
FIVE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £400
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Description
FIVE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES
EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY
The foliate bodies decorated with fierce-looking dragons emerging from spiralling clouds, each mythological beast grasping a sacred pearl of wisdom, the dishes with brown edges and the undersides painted with further pearls of wisdom, each base with a stylised kin (gold) character, all approx. 20.2cm. (5)
Provenance: from an English private collection, London.