Japanese Blue and White wares 17th Century - Dishes - Page 1

Object 2011971

Dish

Japan

1670-1690

Height 65 mm (2.56 inch), diameter of rim 313 mm (12.32 inch), diameter of footring 137 mm (5.39 inch), weight 1.223 grams (43.14 ounce (oz.))

Dish on footring, wide flat rim. On the base four spur-marks in a Y-pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue. The central design shows three pheasant, one perched on a rock amongst flowering peonies and two in flight above. The sides and rim, in Chinese kraak style, are divided into wide panels (fuyõ-de) filled with flowering plants alternating with auspicious symbols and separated from each other by narrow panels filled with ornamental tassels. On the reverse two stylised sprays.

This dish presents a simplified version of the type design found on the kraak porselein dishes that were exported in such numbers to the West from China earlier in the century. The Dutch had turned to the Japanese kilns when this trade collapsed, following the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644. It is intriguing to see the liberties taken with these now out-of-date designs. (Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.101)

For a Chinese kraak dish that may have served as an example for the design with Japanese and Dutch (Delft) copies, please see:

Austrumu porcellans un Niderlande. Austrumu un Rietumu mijiedarbiba 17. gadsimta / Oriental Porcelain and the Netherlands. Interaction between East and West in the 17th century, (C.J.A. Jörg, Art Museum Riga Bourse, Riga, 2011), pp.90-95, cat. 14, 15 & 16.

For identically decorated dishes, please see:

For a similarly decorated dish marked with the Chokichidani (Arita) ovens mark within a double-lined circle in underglaze blue, please see:

Sold Ceramics - Sold Japanese Blue and White wares 17th Century - Dishes - Page 1 - Object 2011955.

Condition: Some firing flaws, caused by the firing process, and a chip to the outer footring.

References:

Lunsingh Scheurleer 1971, cat. 4 & 5

Daendels 1981, cat. 20

Arts 1983, Plate 8b & 8c

Ayers, Impey & Mallet 1990, p.101

Kyushu 1990/1, cat. 15

Suchomel 1997, cat. 74

Jörg 2011/1, cat. 46, 47 & 48

Campen & Eliëns 2014, Fig. 6

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