Details
Arita ware, Imari style, porcelain with underglaze blue, red, green, aubergine and black overglaze enamel, and gilt

2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) diam. each
Provenance
Japan, 1921
Mrs. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Seal Harbor, Maine, 1921-1948.
Estate of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (with a life interest to John D. Rockefeller, Jr.), 1948-1960.
Acquired December 1960.
Literature
R. Ellsworth and A. Christy, et. al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection, New York, Vol. III, 1993, pp. 178-180, no. 124 (illustrated, p. 178).
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