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Two pairs of Arita blue and white Namban dishes
CIRCA 1820-50
Details
Two pairs of Arita blue and white Namban dishes
Circa 1820-50
Comprising a pair of dishes and a pair of scalloped saucer dishes decorated with a hatted Dutch figure standing on the deck of a boat looking through a telescope over the water at distant mountains, one with gold lacquer restoration
16.5 and 29 cm. diam. (4)
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Lot Essay
For a dish with a similar decoration see the catalogue of the Kobe City Museum, Arita ware with Dutch figure design & Japanese and imported European Glass in the Edo period, Kobe, 1998, p. 65, nr. 57.