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Object 2012410

Dish

Japan

1750-1760

Height 40 mm (1.57 inch), diameter of rim 238 mm (9.37 inch), diameter of footring 122 mm (4.80 inch), weight 547 grams (19.29 ounce (oz.))

Dish on footring, flat rim. On the base four spur-marks. Decorated in underglaze blue with various flowering plants, grasses and rocks on poles encircled by an eight pointed scalloped medallion. The sides are left blank, on the rim three wide spread flower sprays. The reverse is undecorated.

The design on this dish is clearly derives from a Chinese original dating from around 1750. Similarly decorated Chinese dishes were found amongst the cargo of the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) vessel Geldermalsen, that struck a reef on Monday January 3, 1752 on her return journey to the Netherlands and sank in the South China Sea.

De Geldermalsen p74 cat 61 CJA Jorg

(Reproduced from; The Geldermalsen. History and Porcelain, (C.J.A. Jörg, Groningen 1986), p.74, fig. 61.)

Condition: A restored chip to the reverse rim.

Reference:

Jörg 1986/1, fig. 61

Price: Sold.