Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025

Lot 716

A LARGE JAPANESE KRAAK-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £953

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Description

A LARGE JAPANESE KRAAK-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE CHARGER
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The well painted with a deer by a pond, the small animal surrounded by lush vegetation, bamboo, chrysanthemum and butterflies; the cavetto with alternating panels of flowers and auspicious symbols, 45.5cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, Dorset.

Cf. J Ayers, O Impey and J V Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, p.93, pl.31 for a comparable dish. Also, see the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, access. no. 1724-1876.