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Japanese Imari Kraak Style Porcelain Dish 18th Century browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Porcelain: Pre 1800: item # 671795 Please refer to our stock # 2-820 when inquiring.
B & C Antiques P. O. Box 291 Derby, CT 06418 203-929-7312 Guest Book $195 each |
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This circular Japanese Arita somestuke (blue and white porcelain) plate with a fluted brown rim has been decorated in Kraak style and dates to the Edo period, ca. 1800. The back is marked with a distinctive underglaze blue two character archaic style mark which appeared on Arita porcelains ca. 1790 to 1810. (See “Shibata Collection, Part IV, The Kyushu Ceramic Museum” page 274.) The design follows a classic Kraak pattern of the early seventeenth century. The interior is hand painted in bright underglaze-blue with a central reserve depicting a flowering branch emerging from a rocky outcropping. The reserve is surrounded by panels of auspicious symbols and flower sprays divided by narrow geometric panels. A similar but sparser design surrounds the foot rim on the back. The blue is of the old impure native cobalt used prior to the introduction of a more refined imported mineral, and there is the characteristic slightly greenish tint to the white body from the glaze. The flat rim edge has a brown iron oxide (“beni”) finish, typical of the period. “Kraak” porcelain was the name given to Chinese export blue and white ware first produced during the Ming Dynasty. It is characterized by its busy central decoration surrounded by radiating panels. The Japanese began to produce Kraak-style porcelain in the seventeenth century. CONDITION is excellent. DIMENSIONS: 7 5/8” (19.4 cm) diameter, 1” (2.5 cm) high. Please note that we have three more of these Kraak style dishes and can sell them singly or in multiples. |
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