Two Small Porcelain Dishes

OKAWACHI, NABESHIMA WARE, EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1680)

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Two Small Porcelain Dishes
Okawachi, Nabeshima Ware, Edo period (circa 1680)
Each set on a high foot and moulded in the shape of three jars with a guan-type crackled 'glaze', a floral brocade pattern and a floral scroll created by the background of underglaze-cobalt, the underside painted in underglaze-blue with a floral scroll; foot painted with a 'comb-tooth' pattern, foot rim unglazed
5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) wide; 1½in. (3.8cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

For a matching dish in the Imaemon Museum of Ceramic Antiques, Arita, Saga, see Asahi Shinbun, ed., Les Cadeaux au Shogun; Porcelaine Précieuse des Seigneurs de Nabeshima, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1997), pl. 144.

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