AN ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SHIP'S TUREEN AND COVER decorated with a vase of plum blossom, the wide rim with lotus flowers and karakusa, late 17th Century
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AN ARITA BLUE AND WHITE SHIP'S TUREEN AND COVER decorated with a vase of plum blossom, the wide rim with lotus flowers and karakusa, late 17th Century
42.5cm. diam.
Lot Essay
cf. Volker records that there were covered bowls with slop rims made for export to the West, these were most probably used on board ship, in Holland known as Scheepsbord met deksel
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