Rare Kakiemon Three Friends of Winter and Camellia Dish Genroku
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1700: Item # 1492444
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1700: Item # 1492444
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An unusual Kakiemon dish the outer register finely painted with the Shochikubai. The pine, bamboo and prunus painted separately with elongated trailing branches growing from rockwork. The centre painted with a single bough of flowering Camellias, Tsubaki, symbolic of the season of Spring. The reverse painted with a continuous vine arabesque, karakusa and four supur marks arranged in a "Y" shape. An identical dish is to be found in the Sakaida (Kakiemon) family collection. It is believed to have been passed down through the family, so classified as "densai". See Japan Kakiemon Foundation site. Another identical dish appears in Christian Jorg's "Fine and Curious" No 84 there dated 1690-1710, where described as not "True Kakiemon" which shows how difficult it is to identify Kakiemon porcelain, as he himself admitted, particularly as regards porcelain of the era 1690-1710. The dish has a diameter of 20.6 cm and a height of 3.1 cm. The foot-ring measures 12.4 cm. The dish weighs 390 grams. It is in good condition, no cracks, chips or restoration. Some kiln flaws to the glaze. There is some shiny dark matter to the footring, possibly lacquer.
An unusual Kakiemon dish the outer register finely painted with the Shochikubai. The pine, bamboo and prunus painted separately with elongated trailing branches growing from rockwork. The centre painted with a single bough of flowering Camellias, Tsubaki, symbolic of the season of Spring. The reverse painted with a continuous vine arabesque, karakusa and four supur marks arranged in a "Y" shape. An identical dish is to be found in the Sakaida (Kakiemon) family collection. It is believed to have been passed down through the family, so classified as "densai". See Japan Kakiemon Foundation site. Another identical dish appears in Christian Jorg's "Fine and Curious" No 84 there dated 1690-1710, where described as not "True Kakiemon" which shows how difficult it is to identify Kakiemon porcelain, as he himself admitted, particularly as regards porcelain of the era 1690-1710. The dish has a diameter of 20.6 cm and a height of 3.1 cm. The foot-ring measures 12.4 cm. The dish weighs 390 grams. It is in good condition, no cracks, chips or restoration. Some kiln flaws to the glaze. There is some shiny dark matter to the footring, possibly lacquer.
