UTSUTSUGAWA WARE, EDO PERIOD (FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY)

For three other dishes from this set see Pageant of Japanese Art, ed. Tokyo National Museum (Tokyo: Toto Bunka Co., 1952), vol. 4, pl. 16 (collection Idemitsu Sukezo, Tokyo); Andrew Pekarik, Japanese Ceramics: From Prehistoric Times to the Present, exh. cat. (Southampton, N.Y.: The Parrish Art Museum, 1978), no. 49; Robert T. Singer et al., Edo: Art in Japan 1615--1868, exh. cat. (Washington, D. C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998), pl. 34, illustrated p. 40 (collection Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Arita, Saga prefecture).

A dish from this set was sold in these Rooms, 15 April, 1988, lot 187.