Lot Essay
For an Arita bottle and a pair of Meissen bowls with Johanneum inventory mark in the Weatherhead collection see lots 20 and 28.
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ARITA WARE, KAKIEMON STYLE, EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1700), FUKU (HAPPINESS) MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE
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A Pair of Porcelain Scalloped Dishes
Arita Ware, Kakiemon Style, Edo Period (Circa 1700), Fuku (Happiness) Mark in Underglaze-Blue
Each decorated in cobalt blue under clear glaze with a medallion of pine, flowers and rock surrounded by a band of Chinese rocks, peonies, plum, bamboo and grasses, the underside painted in underglaze-blue with a line of foliage above three lines around the foot ring, another single line encircling the mark on the recessed base, scalloped rim glazed in iron-oxide, three spur marks on one dish, four spur marks on base of other, wheel-cut and painted Johanneum inventory mark N: 187 above squiggle on each base
7.5/8in. (19.2cm.) diameters (2)
Arita Ware, Kakiemon Style, Edo Period (Circa 1700), Fuku (Happiness) Mark in Underglaze-Blue
Each decorated in cobalt blue under clear glaze with a medallion of pine, flowers and rock surrounded by a band of Chinese rocks, peonies, plum, bamboo and grasses, the underside painted in underglaze-blue with a line of foliage above three lines around the foot ring, another single line encircling the mark on the recessed base, scalloped rim glazed in iron-oxide, three spur marks on one dish, four spur marks on base of other, wheel-cut and painted Johanneum inventory mark N: 187 above squiggle on each base
7.5/8in. (19.2cm.) diameters (2)
Provenance
Richard W. Weatherhead
Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1670-1733)
Augustus II, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1670-1733)