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The Property of Dr. Richard and Ruth Dickes

A CIRCULAR PORCELAIN DISH
ARITA WARE, KO-KUTANI TYPE, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
Circular and molded with a foliate rim and ring foot, painted in green, yellow and black enamels with an pair of swallows perched on a bamboo within an iron-red circle, the rim glazed in iron oxide and applied overall with a transparent glaze
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) diameter
With wood box

Provenance:
Mathias Komor, New York
Dr. Robert and Bernice Dickes, New York
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Lot Essay

For another dish with the same design, see Hayashiya Seizo, Kokutani, vol. 11 of Nihon no toji (Japanese ceramics) (Tokyo: Chuo Koronsha, 1974), pl. 189.

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