From a private American Collection and thence by descent

Two Pairs of Arita Cups
Edo period (early 18th century)
Two cups decorated in underglaze blue in the manner of Frederik van Frytom, each well with a roundel depicting a landscape with a house and a tree, the inner and outer rims with blue wavy bands, the outside with a landscape with two figures and a horseman, two circumferential lines to the foot, a Chinese style inscription to the base; the other two cups decorated in underglaze blue in the manner of Frederik van Frytom, each well with a roundel depicting a boat and a house on the river bank, the inner and outer rims with wavy bands, the outside with a river scene with boats, a few figures on the shore by trees beneath curling clouds, Chinese style inscription to the base
Each approx. 7.5cm. diam.

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