Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 501
A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISH
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1651
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Description
A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISH
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
Decorated with a Chinese scholar under a rocky outcrop looking pensively at a lone mandarin duck on a pond, painted in underglaze blue; the scalloped rim with a brown edge; the reverse painted with leafy sprays and a fuku mark; together with a tomobako (wood box), 20.4cm. (2)