Ref: U880
Archive item - not for sale
Japanese Kakiemon dish, Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1680- 1700, the centre painted in underglaze blue with a landscape of two boats in a river, two travellers crossing a bridge and huts among distant mountains, within a bright polychrome overglaze border of pomegranates, peony and camellia in enamels and underglaze blue; diameter: 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.). For a similar example see Impey, Mason & Jorg, ‘Dragons, Tigers and Bamboo: Japanese Porcelain and its Impact on Europe’, fig. 79, p. 124; see also Impey, ‘Japanese Export Porcelain, , p.128, no.168; Nagatake Takeshi and Imura Yukihiko eds., Nihon no bi no bi: Kareinaru Ko-Imari: Kakiemon, Imari, Satsuma (The Beauty of Japanese Beauty: Glorious Ko-Imari: Kakiemon, Imari, Satsuma), , no.28. SOLD
