Arita San-Shippo-Mon and Tako-karakusa Dish c.1740
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1700: Item # 1431861
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1700: Item # 1431861
Please refer to our stock # EW3204 when inquiring.
$110.00
A high quality Arita porcelain dish decorated with an auspicious pattern composed of a central motif made up of three shippo or cash symbols bound together by a stylised Peony leaf vine; a variant of the more usual ribbon tied cash see EW3193. The cavetto decorated with a Tako-karakusa ground and the rim with a diaper band.
The reverse is meticulously painted with a band of stylised lotus pattern to the base of the footrim. A design typical of higher quality porcelain of kenjo presentation type of the Kyoho period. And a band of alternating crested waves with gobenka to the rim. A design that becomes popular in the second quarter of the eighteenth century on a wide range of wares. This would date the dish to around 1740. The base is decorated a spiral fuku mark within a double square within a single ring. There are four spur marks in a “Y” shaped pattern. The glaze has been carefully and evenly scrapped away from the foot rim. The dish is in good condition, except for a filled chip to the rim.
The dish measures 18.6 cm in diameter and stands 3.2cm high at the rim. The foot-rim measures 12.4cm in diameter and the dish weighs 375 grams. FREE SHIPPING. Worldwide shipping is included in the $ price. UK shipping is included in the sterling price.
