Name: TWO PAIRS OF SMALL ARITA DISHES
Brand: EDO PERIOD (EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Price: 700.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECITON AND THENCE BY DESCENT

Two Pairs of Small Arita Dishes
Edo period (early 18th century)
The first pair of scalloped form, each decorated in underglaze blue in the manner of Frederik van Frytom, the pattern traditionally also known as 'Scheveningen' or 'Deshima Island', depicting three figures and a bull in the foreground of various buildings around a harbor, the reverse with scrolling foliage, a square ka (auspicious) mark to the base

The second pair of shield shape, the centre of each painted in underglaze blue in the manner of Frederik van Frytom, with an equestrian and two pedestrian figures in a hilly Italianate landscape, the scene divided by a leaning spruce, the rim with a blue-washed border, the bases with a Chinese style inscription Dai min seika nen sei
The first pair: 9.8cm. diam. each; the second pair: 12.3cm. and 12.8cm long

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The view of the pattern on the first pair is 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. This design was highly popular in the Netherlands and probably in Japan. The dishes of this design are in many museum collections including the British Museum, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and Groninger Museum in Groningen.

For a similar example of the first pair, see:
C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Amsterdam, 2003), p. 242, pl. 310.

For larger dishes with similar design, see:
O. Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, (Amsterdam, 2002), pl.393
C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Amsterdam, 2003), p. 240-242, pl. 306, 307 and 309.

For a similar example of the second pair, see:
Japan Society, New York, The Burghley Porcelains: An Exhibition from the Burghley House Collection and Based on the 1688 Inventory and 1690 Devonshire Schedule (New York, 1986), p. 168, no. 59 (the Burghley House collection).

Similar pairs sold Christie's London, 28 October 1987, Lot 137; 7 March 1988, Lot 34; 6-7 March 1989, Lot 372; and Amsterdam, 12 October 2005, Lot 112.