Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026

Lot 502

A JAPANESE ARITA SQUARE FOOTED DISH

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1016

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Description

A JAPANESE ARITA SQUARE FOOTED DISH
EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The well decorated with a low stand supporting plants and scholar's rocks; the tall rim with a brown edge; two diagonal bands to the reverse, one side with a flowering branch of prunus rendered in the ronuki (wax resist) technique, and the other with sayagata patterns; the base with a fuku mark; together with a tomobako box, 11.2cm. (2)

Provenance: from a private collection, London.

Cf. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.135, n.1068 for a similar dish.