Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak Dish – Edo Period, late 17th
$1,746.21
ABOUT THIS ITEM
A 17th Century Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Dish in the Kraak Style, Arita Kilns 1670 – 1700.
The central design shows three pheasant, one perched on a rock amongst flowering peonies and two in flight above. The sides and rim, in Chinese kraak style, are divided into wide panels (fuyõ-de) filled with flowering plants alternating with auspicious symbols and separated from each other by narrow panels filled with ornamental tassels. On the reverse two stylised sprays.
This dish presents a simplified version of the type design found on the kraak porselein dishes that were exported in such numbers to the West from China earlier in the century. The Dutch had turned to the Japanese kilns when this trade collapsed, following the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644 .
Christiaan J.A. Jörg in Fine and Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections (Christian J.A. Jörg, Hotei Publishing, 2003. ISBN 90-74822-16-9. Page 225, plate 285 ).
