Two Porcelain Dishes
Two Porcelain Dishes

ARITA WARE, EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH-18TH CENTURY)

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Two Porcelain Dishes
Arita Ware, Edo period (late 17th-18th century)
The first octagonal and painted in cobalt blue beneath a clear glaze with rocks, autumn flowers and butterflies, the rim glazed in brown iron-oxide, the reverse with scrolling vines and ring encircling the foot and apocryphal Chinese Ming-dynasty reign mark, all in underglaze blue; four spur marks; the second dish circular, raised on a shallow ring foot and designed in cobalt blue beneath a clear glaze with pinks, the edge painted with a band of lozenges surrounded by a brown iron-oxide rim, the reverse with tight scrolling vines and plum blossoms, concentric rings around the foot and a kin (gold) mark, all in underglaze cobalt-blue; three spur marks
7¼in. (8.4cm.); 7 3/8in. (8.7cm.) diameter (2)
Sale room notice
Please note that correct size is 18.4 cm. (not 8.4 cm.) and 18.7 (not 8.7 cm.) diameter.

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