Japanese Works of Art from Private Collections
Japanese Works of Art from Private Collections
The Property of a Gentleman
A Kakiemon style dish | Edo period, late 17th century
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October 5, 01:48 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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The Property of a Gentleman
A Kakiemon style dish
Edo period, late 17th century
the deep foliate rim dish with moulded sides, decorated in underglaze blue, with a Chinese courtier and attendant, standing on the opposite bank a lady holding a fan beneath pampas, a lone fisherman on the waters beneath, the reverse with a cursive Fuku mark, six spur marks
27 cm., 10¾ in. diam.
This design was copied at the end of the eighteenth century in Delftware and Loosdrecht-Amstel porcelain. Jörg illustrates a Deflt faience vase and cover in the Groninger Museum with a variant of the design from Twickel Castle, Delden, see Christian J. A. Jörg, Fine &Curious: Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, (Netherlands, 2003), pg. 143, fig. 157B.