1820-1850

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Two Arita blue and white hisen bowls
1820-1850
The exterior painted alternately with washed-blue panels of Dutchmen and camels divided by a vase and imaginary characters, the interior of the larger bowl with a fabulous animal below a thick zig-zag pattern rim, the other with a central camel below a wave-pattern at the rope-twist moulded rim, Chenghua mark, minor glaze frits
15.7 and 24.6 cm. diam. (2)

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Lot Essay

In 1821 and '24, Dutch traders imported camels to Japan and they became a popular attraction at fairs, markets and for entertainment. They reputedly brought luck and were a sought after symbolic theme together with the figures of Dutchmen. The Imari and Kamayama-yaki kilns in Nagasaki frequently used this subjectmatter for Arita porcelain.

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