Soame Jenyns discussed that the V.O.C. dishes may have come from the Sarugawa kiln, although recent excavations have found sherds at three different sites in Arita. No sherds were found among the wasters of the Chokichi-dani kiln which is known to have ended production around the early 1680's. This perhaps suggests as mentioned by Koji Ohashi that the dishes were produced between the mid 1680's and early 18th Century. It is more probable that their production was from 1660's onwards.

The designs of the dishes show clear differences from the original Kraak porcelain. The wider panels without the use of auspicious symbols, and the depiction of ho-o birds with their fanned out tails which was later to be imitated on faience and porcelain in Europe as typically Japanese motif.