DATED TO THE JIAQING 18TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1813 AND OF THE PERIOD

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AN INSCRIBED BLUE AND WHITE ‘EIGHT VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA’ PLAQUE
DATED TO THE JIAQING 18TH YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1813 AND OF THE PERIOD
The top of the plaque is painted with the ‘Eight Views of Lake Biwa’ with an inscription to the upper right corner incorporating the title of the painting and the signature of Kano Eigaku (1790-1867). The sides of the plaque are inscribed with eight poems composed by a Japanese monk from Shokokuji in Kyoto. The reverse is painted with a medallion containing an inscription incorporating the names of the commissioner, Jingliu jushi of Hashimoto, the maker, Tao Zhen, the year of production, 1813, and the quantity, 15, reserved on a ground of waves.
11 1⁄8 x 10 9⁄11 in. (28.2 x 26.7 cm.)

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A Japanese private collection since the 19th century

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Lot Essay

The present plaque belongs to a set of 15 plaques made in Jingdezhen for the Japanese market. According to the inscriptions, the plaque was commissioned by a Japanese patron named Jingdi jushi of Hashimoto (present-day Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture) based on the painting ‘Eight Views of Lake Biwa’ by Kano Eigaku (1790-1867), the ninth head of Kyo-Kano School. The ‘Eight Views of Lake Biwa’ was in turn inspired by the ‘Eight Views of Xiangjiang’ of the Dongting Lake region in China. For other plaques from this set, see one in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji-15-Qing, Shanghai, 1999, no. 124; one in the Hikone Castle Museum; and one in the Otsu City Museum of History.

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