A PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE ARITA DISHES MEIJI PERIOD

A PAIR OF JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE ARITA DISHES

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The foliate bodies decorated in underglaze blue and red, cyan, black and yellow enamels, the wells with a roundel enclosing a flowering chrysanthemum in a jardinière, with small birds in flight above, the cavetto and rim with further flowers issuing from rockwork, with spiral-shaped clouds and three prancing rabbits above, the underside with three red suns and further blossoms, 21.8cm. (2)

Cf. O Impey, Japanese export porcelain, Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.127, no.166, for a pair of Edo-period dishes with a comparable design described as a late survival of a Kraak pattern. Also, see C J A Jörg, Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, p.84, no.77, for another plate in the Groninger Museum.