Lot Essay
For a similar bowl and cover, see Collection of Kurita Museum, Tochigi-ken, no. 114.
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LATE EDO PERIOD (1614-1868)
Details
An associated set of five Japanese Imari 'shipping' bowls and covers
LATE EDO PERIOD (1614-1868)
Enamelled to the exterior and cover in iron-red, green, black and gilt with a shaped panel showing a three-master beside a group of eight Dutchmen, the interior decorated with an underglaze-blue central medallion below a various trellis-diaper pattern borders, two with a double scroll to the base, three with a Chinese six character 'commendatory' mark Qi yu bao ding zhi zhen wich means Treasure as rare as jade and a precious tripod
12.5 cm. diam. bowl (10)
LATE EDO PERIOD (1614-1868)
Enamelled to the exterior and cover in iron-red, green, black and gilt with a shaped panel showing a three-master beside a group of eight Dutchmen, the interior decorated with an underglaze-blue central medallion below a various trellis-diaper pattern borders, two with a double scroll to the base, three with a Chinese six character 'commendatory' mark Qi yu bao ding zhi zhen wich means Treasure as rare as jade and a precious tripod
12.5 cm. diam. bowl (10)
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