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Object 2012457

Dish

Japan

1700-1720

Height 32 mm (1.26 inch), diameter 283 mm (11.14 inch), diameter of footring 152 mm (5.98 inch), weight 817 grams (28.82 ounce (oz.))

Dish on footring, flat rim. On the base six spur-marks. Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, iron-red, gold and green, black, aubergine overglaze enamel with two superimposed shikishi filled with a chilon (sea-dragon). On the sides and rim shaped panels filled with a shishi alternating with Hó-ó birds in flight. In between the panels scrollwork in gold on an underglaze blue ground with a chrysanthemum flower heads in iron-red. On the reverse two wide spread chrysanthemum flower sprays.

The superimposed squares represent shikishi, special Japanese papers used for painting or calligraphy. This shikishi pattern was originally used in Japan as a decoration design on moulded dishes with scalloped rims. (Jörg 2003/1, p.38, cat. 21)

F&C cat 22 p40

In his Fine & Curious on page 40, cat. 22 Jörg shows an example of this shikishi design pattern.

Reproduced from: Fine & Curious. Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (C.J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, Amsterdam, 2003), p.40, cat. 22. This dish is not included in this sale/offer. (copyright in bibliographic data and images is held by the publisher or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved)

An identically shaped, sized and decorated dish is in the collection of oriental ceramics of the Groninger Museum, Groningen.

For examples of dishes decorated with this shikishi design pattern, please see:

Apparently the same shikishi design pattern was used on Delftware of c.1660-1680 proving that Japanese pieces with this design pattern were known in The Netherlands at that time. (Jörg 2003/1, p.38, cat. 21a)

2012203 1

An earlier sold identically shaped and similarly decorated Delftware of c.1660-1680 dish (object 2012203).

For an identically shaped and similarly decorated Dutch (Delftware) dish, please see;

2012289 1 (1)

An earlier sold identically shaped and similarly Japanese Imari decorated dish (object 2012289).

Condition: Perfect with some firing flaws.

References:

Jörg 2003/1, cat. 21, cat. 21a & cat. 22

Kyushu 2003, cat. 1097 & 1320

Price: Sold.