EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Name: THREE IMARI NANBAN SHIP BOWLS
Brand: EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Price: 1600.00 GBP
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Closed: 7 Jul 2016

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THREE IMARI NANBAN SHIP BOWLS

EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

Price Realised GBP 2,000

Closed: 7 Jul 2016

Price Realised GBP 2,000

Closed: 7 Jul 2016

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Three Imari Nanban Ship Bowls
Edo - Meiji period (19th century)
The shallow bowls with flat narrow rims, decorated in iron-red, green, aubergine, yellow, blue and black enamels and gilt on underglaze blue, each with a central roundel depicting a Dutch ship, bordered by a band with dragons, surrounded by panels of further ships and two faux coats-of-arms divided by pairs of standing Dutchmen in various poses on a floral geometric ground, the exterior with two shaped square panels each containing a ship and two circular panels with Dutch figures divided by peonies, the bases of two bowls with a ju (felicitation or longevity) character, the base of another with flower
24.5cm., 25.5cm. and 26cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

According to Nishida Hiroko, the ships depicted here are originally based on the Dutch ships of around 1700 and the hairstyle and dress of the Dutchmen are more likely from the mid-18th century. The design of the Dutch ships and Dutchmen was popular in the Imari ware and such bowls were produced through 18th and 19th centuries. For more about this design, see Goto Shigeki ed., [Collection of world's ceramics], vol. 8, Edo (3), (Tokyo, 1978), p. 70.

For similar examples, see:
Soame Jenyns, , (London, 1965), no. 45A. (British Museum)
Tokyo National Museum, [Special Exhibition: Japanese Ceramics], (Tokyo, 1985), p. 228, no. 324.
Hayashiya Seizo ed., , vol. 5 of [Japanese ceramics], (Tokyo, 1972), p.186-187, no. 239 (Hakone Museum of Art), p. 225, no. 347.
Goto Shigeki ed., [Collection of world's ceramics], vol. 8, , (Tokyo, 1978), p. 70. no. 64-65. (Kyusei Hakone Art Museum)
Nagatake Takeshi, , vol. 19 of [A compendium of ceramics], (Tokyo, 1973), no. 65.
Tokyo Bijutsu Club ed., [An Exhibition of Old Artworks Focusing on National Treasures], (Tokyo, 2006), p. 80, no. 5. (MOA Museum)
City Art Museum of Saint Louis, , (USA, 1970), p. 61, no. 48.
Okuda Seiichi, Koyama Fujio and Hayashiya Seizo eds., Japanese Ceramics – Illustrated Catalog of Selected Masterpieces –, (Tokyo, 1954), no. 83.
Nihon Kanko Bunka Kenkyujo ed., [Japanese ceramics that crossed the ocean], (Tokyo, 1985), p. 106.
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, , (Tokyo, 2008), p. 192, no. 156.