Lot Essay
See for a similar dish with the same inventory number: Friedrich Reichel, Altjapanisches Porzellan aus Arita in der Dresdner Porzellan Sammlung, Leipzig, 1980, p.11, pl.4.
.jpg?w=1)
FUKU MARK, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY)
Details
An Arita blue and white saucer dish
Fuku mark, Edo Period (Late 17th/Early 18th Century)
Painted with three walking cranes, one with open beak, the sides with flaring rim painted to the reverse with two flower sprays
17.6 cm. diam.
Fuku mark, Edo Period (Late 17th/Early 18th Century)
Painted with three walking cranes, one with open beak, the sides with flaring rim painted to the reverse with two flower sprays
17.6 cm. diam.
Provenance
The dish is engraved to the reverse with the inventory number 'N:381', formerly in the collection of King Augustus the Strong in Dresden.
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.