Name: AN ARITA CHARGER
Brand: EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY)
Price: 1800.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

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An Arita Charger
Edo period (late 17th century)
Decorated in underglaze blue with the central roundel enclosing peony sprays in a vase on a balustraded terrace, the eight radiating border panels at the rim alternately enclosing flowers and auspicious objects divided by narrow bands of seigaiha [wave] and auspicious objects
43.9cm. diam.

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The porcelain in the second half of the seventeenth century ordered by the Dutch from Deshima Island were copied from Chinese Wanli 'kraak' porcelain. With the collapse of the Ming Dynasty in China in 1644 Holland's great source of supply of Wanli blue and white 'kraak' porcelain suddenly came to an end, and as a consequence the Dutch turned their attention to Japan. From about 1660 to 1700 a great variety of shapes and designs were exported to Batavia. The 'kraak' style is mainly characterised by a central floral or animal motif surrounded by a radiating segmented border.

For a similar example, see:
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Toji no tozai koryu [Inter-Influence of Ceramic Art in East and West], (Tokyo, 1984), p.10, pl.5.