Name: Two Arita Dishes
Brand: EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Price: 1100.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

From a private American Collection and thence by descent

Two Arita Dishes
Edo period (early 18th century)
Each decorated in underglaze blue with narrow rims, one with a figure standing on a bridge over a river surrounded by hills, some buildings in the distance beneath clouds, a band of karakusa to the reverse; another with three figures and a bull in a landscape, various buildings and hills in the distance beneath clouds, the reverse with sprays of fruit, both with circumferential lines around the footrings
Each 20.2cm. and 19.4cm. diam.

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These patterns are thought to depict the Dutch coastal town Scheveningen, possibly inspired by a Dutch Delft plate by the pottery painter Frederick van Frytom (1652-1702). This scene has also been referred to as Deshima Island, near Nagasaki, which was the VOC's headquarters in Japan from 1641-1862. Several examples of Van Frytom drawings for Delft pottery seem to have been used by the Japanese potters.