Lot 57
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A pair of Japanese Arita blue and white saucers
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A pair of Japanese Arita blue and white saucers

1820-1850

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A pair of Japanese Arita blue and white saucers
1820-1850
With scalloped sides, painted with a Dutchman wearing a hat and waistcoat behind a writing desk on a balustraded terrace near a banana tree, holding a painting brush in the air, the reverse with clam and seaweed motifs
15 cm. diam. (2)
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Lot Essay

For a similar dish, see C.J.A. Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, Amsterdam, 2003, p. 255, pl. 329. The author points out that this is an interesting example of the Japanese blending 'exotic' elements from Dutch and Chinese sources. The Dutchman has a big nose and is dressed in Western clothing, but the brush, terrace and vegetation is Chinese.

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