TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISHES

TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED DISHES

EDO PERIOD, 17TH AND 18TH/19TH CENTURY

The first of trilobe shape and raised on a short foot, decorated to the well with three herons in low relief, with tall grasses and a stream beside them painted in underglaze blue; the other a Nabeshima dish, with a foliate rim and moulded with swirling waves, the well with two three-clawed dragons, raised on a circular foot with comb design, 16.2cm and 16cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr Oliver Impey (1936-2005), and Dr Jane (Mellanby) Impey (1938-2021), of Cumnor Place, Oxford.

Cf. Ko-Imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum's Yamamoto Collection, p.154, no.600 for a related dragon dish. Also, see the Kyushu Ceramic Museum, Complete Catalogue of Shibata Collection, p.76, no.597, for another similar crane dish.