Cf. Soame Jenyns's example in the Victoria and Albert museum, pl.14b, which he says is from the Sarugawa Kiln.

Toji-Taikei, vol.19, Heibronsha, pl.64.

200 Years of Japanese Porcelain, Richard Cleveland 1970, pl.34 from the City Art Museum of St. Louis.

Dr. Jorg mentions in Interaction in Ceramics 1984:
Although the panels are still traceable to the model in Kraakporselein, these motifs clearly exhibit the characteristics of the Japanese style of decoration, which developed independently.

The pheonix (Ho-o or fenghuang) with their fanned-out tails appear on both Kakiemon and Imari and were imitated on faience and porcelain in Europe as a typically Japanese motif (Cf.cat.no.129).

Dishes with V.O.C. monogram are naturally exemplary of East-West relations in ceramics and the role the company played in them. No special mention is made of them in the trade documents, but it can be taken that they were ordered for the use of the company staff at the factory on Deshima and possibly also in Batavia and other factories in Asia.

Similar examples have been sold in our King Street Rooms, on 23 June 1987, lot 14; 28 October 1987, lot 134; 16 June 1988, lot 464 and 14; November 1989, lot 223.