Ko Imari Arita Koi-gata Fish Shaped Dish Nagazara Genroku 17C
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1700: Item # 1476367
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1700: Item # 1476367
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A fine Arita sometsuke fish shaped dish carefully modelled in the form of a Carp, koi-gata o-sara dating to the late 17C. See “The Trakatori Collection” Kyushu Museum 2020 for a set of similar dishes there dated 1670-1690’s. This example probably dates from the 1690’s, the Genroku era. Fish shaped dishes were a popular accompaniment of the tea ceremony, Chinese ko sometsuke examples made specifically for the Japanese market date from the early 17th century, Tianqi era. The Koi was a symbol of strength and perseverance both in Chinese and Japanese cultures, as well as being an auspicious symbol of abundant prosperity, and came to represent the masculine qualities of the Samurai. The reverse of the dish is decorated with two kara-kusa, Chinese lotus scrolls each framing a gobenka, five petal flower, and a four character mark, that reads Xuan Ming Nian Zhi with dentil border to the top of the foot-rim. This unusual Chinese mark appears on export wares of the Chokichidani kiln in Arita, which closed in the 1670’s. It may relate to a particular painter. The dish has been moulded upon a hump mould and has an applied high foot-rim. It measures approximately 28 cm in length from the tip of its head to the end of its tail, and is 5 cm in height as measured at the tip of the tail, it is 13.5 cm in width. It is in good condition other than a filled chip to the top fin, a minute chip to the tail fin,and a crack running from the bottom fin, see images. It weighs 404 grams. Worldwide shipping included in the US $ price, and UK shipping within the £ sterling price.
A fine Arita sometsuke fish shaped dish carefully modelled in the form of a Carp, koi-gata o-sara dating to the late 17C. See “The Trakatori Collection” Kyushu Museum 2020 for a set of similar dishes there dated 1670-1690’s. This example probably dates from the 1690’s, the Genroku era. Fish shaped dishes were a popular accompaniment of the tea ceremony, Chinese ko sometsuke examples made specifically for the Japanese market date from the early 17th century, Tianqi era. The Koi was a symbol of strength and perseverance both in Chinese and Japanese cultures, as well as being an auspicious symbol of abundant prosperity, and came to represent the masculine qualities of the Samurai. The reverse of the dish is decorated with two kara-kusa, Chinese lotus scrolls each framing a gobenka, five petal flower, and a four character mark, that reads Xuan Ming Nian Zhi with dentil border to the top of the foot-rim. This unusual Chinese mark appears on export wares of the Chokichidani kiln in Arita, which closed in the 1670’s. It may relate to a particular painter. The dish has been moulded upon a hump mould and has an applied high foot-rim. It measures approximately 28 cm in length from the tip of its head to the end of its tail, and is 5 cm in height as measured at the tip of the tail, it is 13.5 cm in width. It is in good condition other than a filled chip to the top fin, a minute chip to the tail fin,and a crack running from the bottom fin, see images. It weighs 404 grams. Worldwide shipping included in the US $ price, and UK shipping within the £ sterling price.
