A Square Porcelain Bowl with Scalloped Sides
A Square Porcelain Bowl with Scalloped Sides

ARITA WARE, KAKIEMON STYLE, EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1700)

Details
A Square Porcelain Bowl with Scalloped Sides
Arita Ware, Kakiemon Style, Edo Period (Circa 1700)
Decorated in the interior in polychrome enamels and gilt over clear glaze with flowering poenies, banded hedges and bamboo trellises, the underside undecorated, three spur marks on base
6.5/8in. (16.8cm.) diameter; 2.7/8in. (7.5cm.) high
Provenance
Richard W. Weatherhead
Richard de la Mare, sold Sotheby's, London, The Richard de la Mare Collection of Kakiemon and Nabeshima Porcelain, 2 June, 1976, lot 32

Lot Essay

For a smaller dish of the same form see John Ayers et al., Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650--1750, exh. cat. (London: Oriental Ceramic Society and British Museum, 1990), pl. 114.

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