Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025

Lot 708

A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE GOURD-SHAPED DISH

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £699

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Description

A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE GOURD-SHAPED DISH
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

Decorated in underglaze blue with three roundels, one enclosing the silhouettes of branches; on a moulded ground decorated with scrolling tendrils and stylised lotus; the reverse with further branches and raised on a short foot decorated with crenellations, 13.4cm.

Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Shibata Collection Part 2, vol.1: pictures, p.25 for a set of comparable polychrome dishes dated 1640-50.

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