A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH

A JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISH

EDO PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY

The well elegantly decorated with leafy branches of bamboo in underglaze blue, the cavetto moulded with a subtle design of waves, raised on a short foot, the underside with two concentric rings and a fuku mark, 21.4cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London.

Cf. G Lang, The Wrestling Boys, An exhibition of Chinese and Japanese ceramics from the 16th to the 18th century in the collection at Burghley House, p.7, no.21, for a related dish. Also, see S Jenyns, plate 9A for another comparable dish with a different moulded border.