A Pair of Rare Arita Dishes

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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A Pair of Rare Arita Dishes
Edo period (18th century)
Each similarly decorated in underglaze blue with cranes within a wide geometric borders containing auspicious motifs, scalloped rims
19.7cm. wide (2)

Lot Essay

This Arita design with four quarters became popular in English ceramics inluding Worcester and Derby. For a Derby example see Oriental Ceramic Society, Porcelain for Palaces: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, 1650-1750 (London, 1990), p.294, no.356.

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