Fine Japanese Art
Fine Japanese Art
Auction Closed
November 5, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A NABESHIMA DISH, EDO PERIOD, LATE 17TH CENTURY
decorated in underglaze blue and celadon with scattered cherry blossoms on stylised waves beside a shore
18 cm., 7⅛ in. diam.
For similar dishes see: Imaizumi Motosuke, Nihon no yakimono [Japanese Ceramics], vol. 21, (Tokyo, 1975), pl. 48; Nihon Toji Zenshu [Complete Collection of Japanese Ceramics], vol. 25, Nabeshima, (Tokyo, 1976), pl. 29; Ironabeshima to Matsugaya, (Tokyo, 1969), p. 115, pl. 94; The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, ed., Shogun-ke eno kenjo Nabeshima [Nabeshima Porcelain for the Shogunate], Kyushu Ceramic Museum exhibition catalogue (Saga, 2006), pl. 104. The Kyushu Ceramic Museum, ed., Shogun-ke kenjo no Nabeshima, Hirado, Karatsu [Ceramics for the Shogunate], Kyushu Ceramic Museum exhibition catalogue (Saga, 2012), pl. 71.