Sold Ceramics - Sold Chinese Imari 1700-1800 - Flowers, Animals and Long Elizas - Page 1
Object 2011996
Dish
China
c.1720
Height 26 mm (1.02 inch), diameter of rim 223 mm (8.78 inch), diameter of footring 117 mm (4.61 inch), weight 305 grams (10.76 ounce (oz.))
Dish on footring, flat underglaze brown-edged rim (jia mangkou). Chinese Imari, decorated in underglaze blue, overglaze iron-red, black and gold. In the centre a Chinese garden scene with a flowering peony plant and a large bamboo tree with a Lady on a swing looking down at a little dancing boy. On the sides a trellis pattern border with four flower heads. On the rim large incised lotus flower buds with a small border with floral elements. The reverse with two bamboo sprays.
Chinese Imari or "Chinese Japanese" as it is referred to in the Dutch East India Company, (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) archives, was actually the Chinese answer to the popular Japanese Imari (after the port in Japan from which they were shipped), with its underglaze blue, iron-red and gold, that was produced in Arita for export from c.1680. This unusual dish is an interesting piece. On it the Chinese porcelain painter combined the underglaze blue and incised decoration with a 'Red & Gold' / 'Rouge-de-fer' decorating style with iron-red, black enamel and gold on the glaze, making it rare and unusual. (Jörg 2002/2, p.119)
The incised pattern is barely discernible to the naked eye unless the ware is held up to the light. The incised recesses have been filled with a transparent glaze to create a flat surface. The Chinese call this technique anhua (hidden decoration). (Emden 2015/1, p.132, cat. 122)
Condition: A glaze rough spot and a hairline to the rim.
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Price: Sold.
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